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Re:Facebook blocks Crypter which helped users encrypt messag... by flashman on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:17AM (#11039649)
It boggles my mind that Facebook blocks message text between mutual friends. This could admittedly be useful for stopping hacked accounts from exploiting your trust to make you click bad links. But it should be enough to display a warning message, like Chrome does.

I suppose they're designing for users who don't want to deal with error messages, or wouldn't understand them.

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Re:Facebook blocks Crypter which helped users encrypt messag... by toyg on Sunday February 07, 2016 @04:18AM (#11052282)
They are designing for moderation, datamining and surveillance. If they stop being able to read your conversations, their value to advertisers and powerbrokers drops to zero. Nobody wants to be a dumb network switch.
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