Social media giant Facebook has added a screenshot update for Messenger, the company’s end-to-end encrypted chat program, for safe personal conversations.
Those who use the optional chat function will now “get a notification if someone screenshots a disappearing message.”
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GIFs, stickers, reactions, and long-press to reply or forward messages have also been made available for end-to-end encrypted chats and end-to-end encryption is used to keep personal conversations safe from hackers and criminals.
Messenger gives users the option to use functions like “disappearing messages” wherein a timer is used to control when messages would expire in a chat and users can also secure video calls with this same technology.