Instagram will no longer encrypt chats starting this Friday

[jonsnow@mastodon.online]

Instagram will no longer encrypt chats starting this Friday

Meta announced that IG will officially discontinue end-to-end encryption feature on May 8th.

All DMs will be decrypted once it reaches Meta's servers.

Instagram’s to End Encrypted Chats for Direct Messages

Meta will end Instagram’s optional encrypted DMs on May 8, 2026 launched in 2021 for private messaging.

Cyber Security News (cybersecuritynews.com)

#Meta #Instagram #privacy #surveillance #security #enshittification #messaging #socialmedia #technology

[jonsnow@mastodon.online]

Best alternative: https://signal.org/

[harrybodifee@mastodon.nl]

@jonsnow kan ik bevestigen en toch wil ik graag van US-jurisdictie af.

[aadeacon@mastodon.social]

@jonsnow "All DMs will be decrypted once it reaches Meta's servers." after we have read them fed the AI and shared them with the Trumpista security apparatus.

[r3dr3clus3@infosec.exchange]

@jonsnow Literally none of Meta's messaging platforms are end to end encrypted. They use the term for marketing hype. Meta's business is surveillence and selling user data.