February 15, 2019

Judge won’t unseal legal docs in fight to break Messenger encryption

The Feds tried—and failed—to force Facebook to break its encryption so investigators could listen in on suspected MS-13 gang conversations.

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January 29, 2019

Facebook to tie together WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger

Should we cheer for WhatsApp-esque, end-to-end encryption everywhere, or tremble at creeping Facebookism?

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November 28, 2018

Facebook bug resurrects ghostly messages from the past

In the latest in a long line of SNAFUs, it seems Facebook has found a new way to inadvertently torment us: resurfacing old chat messages.

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November 09, 2018

Sent a photo to the wrong person? Facebook Messenger to let you unsend it

Think fast! You'll only have up to 10 minutes to hit unsend: a lot stingier than the hour afforded by WhatsApp.

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July 04, 2018

Facebook accidentally unblocks people

It's fixed now, thankfully: be it airheads who post baloney or stalkers, all blocked users deserve to STAY blocked.

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October 05, 2016

Feds secretly subpoenaed encrypted chat app Signal

They came away empty-handed, thanks to Open Whisper System's barebones logs on customers.

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July 12, 2016

Facebook tests end-to-end encrypted Secret Conversations on Messenger

Facebook swears it can't read the messages unless a conversation gets reported. Users can also set a timer for message self-destruct.

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June 03, 2016

Is Facebook making end-to-end encryption on Messenger opt-in only?

Rumor has it Facebook is also shunting people off native chat and onto Messenger.

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December 07, 2015

Yahoo Messenger joins the “unsend” bandwagon

Yahoo's letting you reach into recipients' inboxes to delete any of years' worth of messages.

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