It was already at the turn of the year that Meta decided to introduce so-called auto-encryption on its various platforms. But it was only when the auto-encryption started on Facebook’s Messenger chat feature that question marks began to appear among its users.
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It means auto-encryption
Those who regularly use Messenger have probably noticed that this text appeared in the chat threads:
“Messenger has upgraded the security of this chat. New messages and conversations are protected with end-to-end encryption.”
This is how the text in a Messenger chat can look like. Photo: Screenshot/Messenger.
Anyone who then chooses to click on “Read more” gets this view:
Photo: Screenshot/Messenger.
Recently, Meta themselves published a text that clarifies what auto-encryption means.
The chats are automatically encrypted, which means that no one should be able to see the conversation in the chat except you and the person you are writing with. According to Meta, as of this auto-encryption, no one, including Meta themselves, can see what has been sent.
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This is how you lock in your old chat history
Whoever chats in Messenger must also be able to store and lock their previous conversations. Meta writes the following:
“With secure storage, your encrypted chat history will be saved on our servers or on your device, protecting it from unauthorized persons”.
Old chats will be locked behind a six-digit PIN code that you can set yourself.