Plotting to take a screenshot of an encrypted conversation on Facebook Messenger and think no one will know? You really should think again, to avoid unpleasantness.
Tonight (Thursday), Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of updates and improvements to Facebook's instant messaging app, most of which are related to the encrypted call option.
First of all, and this is the most significant addition - senders of encrypted calls will be notified if and when the recipient takes a screenshot of a disappearing message (a message deleted from the chat after a pre-set period of time, between one and five seconds).
The idea behind the move is that disappearing messages should be "for your eyes only", so if someone tries to take a picture and captures it for any reason, they are probably betraying the sender's trust - or not the intended recipient at all.
And yes, it's true that you can always take a picture of the missing message with another phone's camera, but this is a completely dirty trick.
In addition, from now on - or at least very soon since the new features will be added to all users in the coming weeks (so if they are not yet available you do not have to panic) - stickers, gifs and emojis of comments can also be included in the encrypted conversations, because why not ?
Correspondents in Shoshu also deserve to enjoy.
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