Facebook this week introduced the possibility of making secret Facebook Messenger messages to all its customers the Messenger app on Android and iOS. The feature became available to all after several months testing a limited group of users.
Basically, the secret talks, as well as any of the other applications, enables encryption of talks with keys that have only two parties talk. It allows anyone, not even Facebook, can not see the content of the talks, something that became popular in post-Snowden and the like.
The possibility of making secret calls is only available from one device, or if you use Messenger from multiple devices, you have to choose only one of them. Also, secret talks are not available and can not be seen by other devices, as well as over the web.
HOW TO INCLUDE ?
Secret talks in Messenger is not automatically included, so it should do so through the application settings.
First, you need to do is go to the last tab of the application or part of your user profile. Besides notification settings and the like, now is added menu secret talks or Secret Conversations.
When you click on this option opens a new section in which you can activate the secret talks. The app will notify you that the device you choose to be registered for secret talks and that only that device will be able to send and receive secret messages.
After inclusion in this part of the application, you can start by making secret talks.
HOW SECRET CONVERSATION BEGINS?
The secret Facebook Messenger messages can be started in two ways. With the existing ordinary conversation or a completely new one.
To start a secret conversation with some of the friends with whom you already have a call in the list, all you need is to open the conversation and go to the section for more information, or in the area where you can change the color of the conversation to customize notifications and the like.
This section now added a new option, Secret Conversation, after which pressing opens new conversation now will be secret. This conversation is separated from ordinary conversation, and so you can not see, besides the special icon next to a picture of the user and by the application will be a dark color.
New secret conversation with a friend with whom you do not have an ordinary conversation is initiated either by finding a friend in the friend’s list in the application and monitoring of the instructions above or by clicking on the option a conversation.
In this section you will be shown a list of friends with whom you have frequent communication, so before you choose any of them, you need to include the “switch” that now appears on the top right of the application.
With the involvement of secret conversation through the switch, the user you choose from the list will be placed in a secret conversation.
In addition, each secret Facebook Messenger messages has the opportunity to select auto to delete the message after a certain time. The same is selected from the icon in the form of clock and time can be selected is from 5 seconds to 1 day.
After expiry of the chosen time, the messages written on the inclusion of this option are automatically deleted from both devices, or from your but also that of your friend.
You will know that you have enabled this option in that the clock will be red.
