Just under two years ago, Facebook introduced a web interface for its private chat application ... For starters, the previous inbox icon has been replaced with the Messenger icon in the blue ...

To create a secret conversation on Messenger, start a new chat and tap the lock icon. Messenger's secret conversations are encrypted, meaning not even Facebook can read them. Secret conversations ...

While sending messages via Facebook Messenger may seem like a private way of communicating ... In the Messenger app, you can see a lock icon next to Secret Conversation chats in your “Chats ...

Within the conversation, tap the information (looks like an “i”) icon in the ... the web using the Messenger app on Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. (In Firefox, ironically, private mode must ...

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