<![CDATA[REMINDER: Tomorrow Instagram removes end-to-end encrypted chats]]>context: Instagram will stop supporting E2EE chats starting May 8th, according to a new notice on its help pages.

Meta hasn’t clearly explained why encrypted chats are being removed or what happens to existing conversations afterward, raising new concerns about privacy, data collection, and surveillance on the platform.

Source: https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

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]]>https://isurg.org/topic/a4953fa2-7a8d-4f59-a26e-9511314d621e/reminder-tomorrow-instagram-removes-end-to-end-encrypted-chatsRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 21:47:38 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 16:05:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to REMINDER: Tomorrow Instagram removes end-to-end encrypted chats on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:45:57 GMT]]>I don't use instagram but the fact that they are announcing they are removing the E2E encryption actually lends weight to the idea that it actually does provide some level of privacy. If it didn't, they wouldn't remove it.

]]>https://isurg.org/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23613902https://isurg.org/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23613902Thu, 07 May 2026 16:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to REMINDER: Tomorrow Instagram removes end-to-end encrypted chats on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:38:27 GMT]]>May sound mean, but why use Instagram DM at all? I wouldn't trust their claim on implementation of E2E encryption to begin with.

]]>https://isurg.org/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26334361https://isurg.org/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26334361Thu, 07 May 2026 16:38:27 GMT