Saturday 13 August 2022 02:01 AM Facebook to test encrypted Messenger chats, follows announcement it shared ... trends now
Facebook will be testing encrypted messages and a secure storage for all end-to-end chats, which will prevent workers to see chat content or for them to be shared with police, according to a release from its parent company, Meta.
The purpose for the encrypted messages is to allow users to store and back up messages in case users lose their phone or want to restore message history on a new device, Meta said.
This 'means that [they] won't have access to your messages, unless you choose to report them to [Meta].'
An announcement to allow users to encrypt messages comes three days after the company revealed it turned over chats between a Nebraska mother and daughter discussing preparation for the teen daughter's in-house abortion to police officials.
Despite the possible connection between both incidents, the 'announcement wasn’t connected to the Nebraska case or law enforcement enquiries,' a Facebook representative told DailyMail.com.
Meta, the social media giant's parent company, turned over the direct messages as part of an investigation into the Nebraska teen's illegal abortion, court documents show (File photo)
Jessica Burgess (right), 41, and her daughter Celeste (not pictured), 17, were given felony charges of of removing, concealing or abandoning a dead human body
Celeste Burgess, 17, is alleged to have had a stillbirth before burning and burying the fetus
'We’ve had this announcement planned for months and have been regularly sharing updates on our progress toward default end-to-end encryption for personal messages and chats.'
Initial testing of end-to-end encrypted chats began in August 2021.
