“Understanding Facebook Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption for Secure Messaging and Calls”

Did you know that Facebook Messenger has end-to-end encryption? As a means of security and protection for messages and calls.

According to the Facebook Help Desk, end-to-end encryption in Messenger allows you to increase the security and protection of messages and calls so that only you and the person you are talking to can see, hear, or read the messages.

How does Messenger’s end-to-end encryption work?

The conversations end-to-end encryptionor, it works with a special key with which everyone counts the devicesthis is used for protect the conversation.

When sending a message on a conversation end-to-end encrypted, the device block the message while sending. Only a device that owns one of the keys for that conversation can unlock the message.

No one will be able to access the messages or calls except the people who have the keys. For example, only you and the person you are talking to in an end-to-end encrypted conversation are the only ones with unique and matching keys.

What to consider with end-to-end encryption for Messenger?

• You can’t report audio or video calls in Messenger or Facebook chat.
• If someone in the end-to-end encrypted conversation chooses to share the message with someone else, they will be able to see or listen to the content.
• Chat customizations are not end-to-end encrypted.