Facebook Messenger is the second largest messaging platform in the world, it is currently used by over 1.5 billion people worldwide. Its popularity has attracted a lot of criticism for those at Facebook, and this will not stop soon because a new very important decision for Facebook Messenger will leave many people with a bitter taste, but also with a lot of unanswered questions .
Facebook Messenger will not soon implement a system that automatically encrypts people's conversations, the application has such a thing, but it must be activated separately for each conversation. Facebook Messenger will not have Facebook's conversations encrypted by default, and neither will Instagram benefit from such a thing, the application not even having any option to have secure conversations with someone, unfortunately for us.
Facebook Messenger: Official Decision for iPhone, Android
Facebook Messenger can now have communications intercepted by anyone if the special function that encrypts the conversations is not used, so from telecommunications operators to hackers, anyone can take them over. The decision not to protect the conversations of people using Facebook Messenger is a very bad one, and according to those from Facebook, we can expect that only somewhere around 2022 will full encryption be offered for conversations on iPhone and Android.
Facebook Messenger has been developing this major change for some time, but Facebook has always complained that it is difficult to do, and that it needs time, which we see happening at the moment. The bad part is that our conversations through Facebook Messenger can be intercepted, for example, when we use a public Wi-Fi network, as they are not secure, and are generally used precisely to steal people's data without them knowing.
Facebook Messenger will not soon offer the security that people who use the messaging application need, so it is good to get used to this because it will not change soon.
