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Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats (proton.me)
submitted 5 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Instagram appears to be stepping back from end-to-end encrypted messaging — a surprising move after years of Meta, its parent company, promoting strong encryption as the future of private communication.

A notice on Instagram’s help pages now says end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8, 2026. The page instructs affected users to download any chat messages or shared media they want to keep before that date.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

WhatsApp is next. Run while you can.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

I just always assumed that WhatsApp wasn't secure...

Even more so when they made it so your chats trained their AI, default opt in, and no global setting, has to be disabled per chat.