Is Someone Spying on Your Photos, Messages on Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly..

By Sneha
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After WhatsApp, Facebook started testing the end-to-end feature for its Messenger. It has finally rolled out the new feature for its Messenger users.

Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

Its very recently that WhatsApp was questioned for its privacy policies, and as a result of which the end-to-end chat encryption was brought about ensuring the users' safety.

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After WhatsApp, its Facebook Messengers turn. The social media platform has been working for months together to bright out the end-to-end encryption for its Messenger users. The day has finally arrived.

Let us see how to have a secret conversation of Facebook with this new feature.

Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

Chat Secretly on Facebook

With the end-to-end encryption chat on Facebook, users can now chat secretly. Yes, what a user converse with the other remains within them and even Facebook can't view it.

Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

All About the New Facebook Feature

Unlike on WhastApp, the Facebook Messenger users will have the option to either chat secretly with their friends or can also follow the old method of chatting.

Turning the chat into a secret conversation, the users can even choose the duration for the chat to last which ranges from 5 seconds to up to 1 day.

Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

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The new feature uses the Signal Protocol developed by Open Whisper Systems which encrypts the messages for a while and then the chat automatically disappears.

Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

Disadvantages of the Facebook Secret Conversation

Unlike that of the normal conversation on Facebook, the secret conversation doesn't allow the users to send GIF files as well as videos. However, the new feature allows the user to send pictures, messages, and stickers.

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Someone Spying on Your Facebook Messenger? Here's How to Chat Secretly

How to Chat Secretly on Facebook

#1 Open Facebook Messenger
#2 Go to the menu on the top right corner of the chatbox
#3 Click on Secret Conversation option and Toggle it ON
#4 A secret conversations page will appear, click on OK
#5 Enjoy the chatting with your friend secretly

Note: The user is required to change the chat to secret conversation separately for individual friends.

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