Does Facebook Messenger store your messages?

Facebook stores all messages sent and received in Facebook Chat even after you close the chat window to end a conversation with a friend, business contact or colleague.

Does Facebook look at your text messages?

You might assume that chats sent on Facebook Messenger are completely private. But you’d be wrong. Facebook confirmed Thursday that it uses automated tools to scan Messenger chats for malware links and child porn images.

Are Messenger messages monitored?

“That’s because your personal messages are protected by end-to-end encryption and that will never change.” All of which is a star warning for Facebook Messenger users. And, worse, Facebook admits to monitoring the actual content in your messages to ensure compliance with its policies.

Can you get Facebook to delete your data?

Sadly, there’s no way to keep an account and delete all the data. To delete all your Facebook Data, you’ll need to permanently delete your account.

What can Facebook see on your phone?

Whenever the Facebook app is open, it has permission to access your cameras and your microphones. Whenever the Facebook app is open, it can record videos, photos, and audio, and can upload said media without your knowledge.

Can Facebook read my WhatsApp messages?

When you send messages using WhatsApp, they are encrypted, meaning that only the sender and recipient are able to read them. WhatsApp can’t read them, and neither can Facebook.

How do I delete all data from Messenger?

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1. Log into your Facebook account.
2. Click See all in Messenger.
3. Click on the options wheel next to a conversation.
4. Click Delete if you want to erase all the messages.

Does Facebook keep my data after deleting account?

“When you delete your account, all the user generated content is normally erased (although there are small exceptions), while all the log data is preserved – forever.” The preserved log data won’t have your name attached to it.

Does Facebook Messenger use up a lot of data?

While the text message itself may not use a lot of data, having the the application open could eat up more data than the actual message, especially if you’re not connected to wifi. In addition, Messenger (as with other FB apps) has a tendency to launch on startup and continue to run background processes,…

Are my messages on Facebook Messenger private?

NO. Unless you are using Secret Conversations (explained below), your messages on Facebook Messenger are not private. Messages that are sent through the Facebook Messenger app are NOT end-to-end encrypted.

Is it possible to send text messages through Facebook Messenger?

Technically speaking, when you send text to someone using FB messenger, they are MMS ,not SMS. The difference is that MMS uses data and SMS uses cell service. So, you can can’t technically send texts through messenger. However, when you send a message with only text in it, it uses very little data.

Why is the Facebook Messenger app so dangerous?

This started causing Facebook users to be leary. Why? Because the Facebook Messenger app asked for access to a lot more permissions than the average app and, let’s be honest, the permissions are a little frightening when you start looking into them (more on that below).