Meta U-turns on encryption push for Instagram as DMs go plaintext
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After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again
Meta has quietly pulled the plug on encrypted Instagram DMs, meaning private messages on one of the world’s biggest social networks are no longer especially private.
The change took effect today, according to a revised Meta post first published in 2022. In a statement to The Register, Meta said the feature saw limited adoption and pointed users toward WhatsApp instead.
"Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months," the spokesperson said. "Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp."
It’s quite the reversal for a corporation that spent years telling everyone that encryption was the future of online communications, even...
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