Facebook Messenger to gain privacy-enhancing self-destructing messages

With the ongoing debate about privacy and encryption, the rollout of end-to-end encryption to Facebook-owed WhatsApp came as little surprise. Now Facebook Messenger is set to gain a couple of privacy-enhancing features including self-destructing messages. Already found in other messaging tools such as SnapChat and Telegram, self-destructing messages have been unearthed in Messenger for iOS version 68.0. As you would expect, the feature makes it possible to place a time limit on how long messages are visible for, making it ideal for communicating sensitive information. SEE ALSO: WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is not all it's cracked up to be As reported by VentureBeat,… [Continue Reading]