By <https://9to5mac.com/author/filipeesposito/> Filipe Espósito
Facebook Messenger users will soon be able to lock their messages on iOS.
The company is implementing the option to require Face ID and Touch
authentication in order to access the users inbox with a future update.
Having the option to unlock the Messenger app with Face ID or Touch ID
brings the same experience that is already available on WhatsApp, which is
also owned by Facebook. Users can define whether the authentication will
always be required when opening the app or only after a period of time
without using it, which can be from 1 minute to 1 hour.
Although the feature does not work on individual conversations, enabling the
biometric authentication does add an extra layer of security to your private
Messenger chats. The feature is currently being tested with a small number
of Facebook Messenger users on iOS, but the company plans to expand it to
more users in the future.
Facebook told
<https://www.engadget.com/facebook-test-lock-inbox-face-id-184615566.html?gu
ccounter=2#comments> Engadget that offering the option to lock messages is
part of the companys measures to ensure users privacy.
We want to give people more choices and controls to protect their private
messages, and recently, we began testing a feature that lets you unlock the
Messenger app using your devices settings. Its an added layer of privacy
to prevent someone else from accessing your messages.
Unfortunately, there are no clues to when Facebook is planning to make this
new feature available to everyone. If you dont have it, theres probably
nothing you can do other than wait until a future update.
Facebook Messenger app for iOS is available for
<https://apps.apple.com/app/messenger/id454638411> free on the App Store.
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