Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes.
Tag Archives: Facebook Messenger
Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole
A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved.
You can now unsend messages in Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger has made available the ability to unsend, or in their words “remove for everyone” your mis-sent messages.
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?
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.
Change this Facebook setting so you can’t be searched for by phone number
A developer says he’s found a way to harvest users’ personal data from Facebook. Facebook is shrugging, given that it’s all public anyway. You might want to check your privacy settings though …
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger could by banned by UK’s newly proposed bill
Newly proposed UK legislation will demand that messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat remove encryption from their apps altogether or see them banned. 
Android M will give app users a lot better control over their data privacy
Android’s next version will finally give users the same type of control over app permissions as iOS.
Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is not spying on you
After a long build-up of rumors surrounding the Messenger app’s required permissions to access the device’s camera and microphone, Facebook is finally attempting to set the record straight.
Firefox OS app permissions will give users more privacy than Android
Mozilla’s mobile platform, Firefox OS, is behind Google’s Android in just about every way. But in one important respect, privacy, Firefox OS is trying to move ahead by giving users more control over what data apps can gather from their devices…