Facebook will allow users to delete their messages from the correspondence

AT   Facebook promise in   soon add to   messenger button Unsend, which will remove your messages from the   correspondence. While this opportunity is only the leaders of the company.

And here Zuckerberg

While it was his messages that began to disappear from the   correspondence with   journalists and   other interlocutors. Chats created even a few years ago became similar to   monologues. At the same time, notifications that came to   e-mail in   acknowledgment of receipt of the message, of course   the same, remained.

On   this was noticed in   TechCrunch and   began to find out why such privileges exist   guidance, but   no y   ordinary users.

AT   Facebook explained that " limited the period of storage of Mark's messages   Messenger » because of a hacker attack on   Sony Pictures in   2014 year. Recall, then hackers kidnapped the personal data of the actors and   production brigades, scenarios and   internal documentation of the film company. After that, in   network " merged " movies Sony, have not yet   published on   screens of cinemas.

Unsend for everyone

Apparently, being afraid of the " popular revolt " , in   Facebook promised to make the Unsend button available to everyone. She should appear in a few months.

" It may take some time. AND   until this function is   will be ready, we   no more   we will delete the posts of managers. we   should have done this before, and   we are sorry that we   this is not   done " ,   - noted in   press service of Facebook.

TO   word, now something like Unsend is in the   secret messages in   encrypted version of the messenger. Here you can set the timer, and   by   the selected message time is automatically deleted.

Source: TechCrunch