{"id":1018,"date":"2019-12-29T14:47:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T14:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2019-12-29T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T14:47:51","slug":"facebook-messenger-requires-a-facebook-account-to-sign-up-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/miscellaneous\/facebook-messenger-requires-a-facebook-account-to-sign-up-now","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Messenger requires a Facebook account to sign up now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakableTextP1\">Facebook\u2019s grip on Messenger got tighter this week. The\u00a0<span class=\"link\">social networking giant<\/span>\u00a0said it\u2019s requiring new people who sign up for its Messenger communications app to tie it to their Facebook account, effectively forcing them to reveal their identities and tie their communications to their social networking profile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP2\">Facebook made the move, which was\u00a0earlier reported by VentureBeat, because \u201cthe vast majority of people who use Messenger already log in through Facebook and we want to simplify the process,\u201d a Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement. Existing Messenger accounts that aren\u2019t tied to Facebook profiles won\u2019t need to make any changes, for now.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Facebook began letting people sign up for its messaging service\u00a0<span class=\"link\">with just a phone number<\/span>, and not a profile.<\/p>\n<p>The change comes as Facebook prepares to more closely tie Messenger with its Instagram photo sharing site and WhatsApp text message replacement service. As it makes these changes, Facebook said communications between the three services, all of which it owns, will be encrypted end-to-end, meaning only the sender and receiver should be able to view the messages.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook isn\u2019t just more tightly connecting its three massive social networks. It\u2019s also said it plans to make communications on its services generally more private, shifting to private group chats and person-to-person communications instead of the public broadcast \u201cnews feed\u201d style the company\u2019s become known for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the future is private,\u201d Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year. \u201cThis is the next chapter for our services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s grip on Messenger got tighter this week. The\u00a0social networking giant\u00a0said it\u2019s requiring new people who sign up for its Messenger communications app to tie it to their Facebook account, effectively forcing them to reveal their identities and tie their communications to their social networking profile. 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