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by matmann2001 1970 days ago
From Facebook Secret Conversations FAQ:

> If you think a message you've received in a secret conversation goes against our Community Standards, you can report it. Learn more about what a secret conversation is. When you report a secret conversation, recent messages from that conversation will be decrypted and sent securely from your device to our Help Team for review. We won't tell the person you're talking to that you reported it.

Since Facebook's software is managing the keys, they have the ability to decrypt Secret Conversations. You have to trust Facebook not to snoop. Whereas w/ ZuccNet, the public keys can be exchanged via a separate channel from Facebook, thus rendering Facebook unable to snoop.