Facebook starts testing “Secret Conversations” encryption for Messenger
Earlier this month, Facebook announced plans to offer end-to-end encryption in Messenger by the end of the summer. Now the company is starting to roll out the new feature, called Secret Conversations, to some people.
Android Police received several screenshots of the new feature, though it doesn’t seem to actually work yet. It’s also unclear if Facebook is only releasing Secret Conversations to beta testers at this point or offering it to some regular users as an A/B test.
Setting up encryption in Messenger looks pretty easy, though it’s not on by default. You can turn on Secret Conversations for a specific person and then those messages will be encrypted. You can also quickly delete all your encrypted messages with a single tap.
