# Facebook Messenger deploys Signal Protocol for end-to-end encryption

DevFeed: [Facebook Messenger deploys Signal Protocol for end-to-end encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/facebook-messenger-deploys-signal-protocol-for-end-to-end-encryption-1761.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/facebook-messenger/>)

Published: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [End-to-End Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/end-to-end-encryption.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>)

Tags: [asynchronous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asynchronous.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [facebook](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/facebook.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libraries.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [messenger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messenger.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [signal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/signal.md>)

## AI overview

Facebook Messenger is rolling out Secret Conversations, which use the open source Signal Protocol to provide end-to-end encryption for conversations. The article describes Signal Protocol's use in asynchronous messaging systems and its integration into other messaging products.

## Source excerpt

Facebook Messenger has started rolling out Secret Conversations, a feature that enables end-to-end encryption for conversations within Messenger. Secret Conversations is built on Signal Protocol, a modern, open source, strong encryption protocol we developed for asynchronous messaging systems. Read more...