{"id":12645,"date":"2022-08-18T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/how-to-enable-end-to-end-encryption-on-facebook-messenger\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:21:12","slug":"how-to-enable-end-to-end-encryption-on-facebook-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/how-to-enable-end-to-end-encryption-on-facebook-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23307995\/facebook-messenger-end-to-end-encryption-how-to<\/a>
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While protecting your privacy online has been a subject of interest for a while now, events in the news \u2014 for example, the chat history Facebook recently turned over to police<\/a> \u2014 have brought it front and center. But how do you protect your privacy while staying in touch with friends and relatives? While there are a number of messaging apps that boast increased privacy features<\/a>, sometimes you can\u2019t persuade the people you want to keep in touch with to use them. What is your alternative? What, for example, if they insist on chatting with Facebook Messenger? <\/p>\n

Well, you can start by using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on Messenger.<\/p>\n

Basically, end-to-end encryption means that nobody \u2014 even Facebook\u2019s company Meta<\/a> \u2014 should be able to read what is in your chat. In short, this is accomplished by each party\u2019s account being assigned a special key; only the account with that key can unlock the message. Currently, Meta has E2EE available on its Messenger platform but only on a per-chat basis. The company has announced its intention<\/a> to turn on E2EE by default soon, but in the meantime, if you\u2019re about to embark on a Messenger conversation that you want to keep private, here\u2019s how to turn it on. (The process is generally the same for both Android devices and iPhones.)<\/p>\n

Begin an encrypted chat<\/h2>\n