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E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May

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treesknees15 minutes ago

It could be a move to have parity with TikTok, where they claim it’s for safety reasons. I’ve been seeing advertisements for Instagram touting their child/teen protection features. Seems like they’re really trying to beat the allegations that Instagram is bad for children’s health.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241817

dmix6 minutes ago

Protecting kids and Terrorism, always the reason why nobody is allowed to have privacy on the internet.

varispeed2 minutes ago

How these protections are working when I get served literal porn every couple of shorts on Instagram?

PunchyHamster3 minutes ago

More like excuse

garbawarb19 minutes ago

When Meta starting introducing E2E messaging it was a huge push. I wonder why they're doing away with it.

john_strinlai14 minutes ago

i am guessing that they just dont really need to pretend to care anymore. e2e messaging was a big marketing push, not ever an ideological thing. i assume they no longer believe the marketing benefits outweigh the downsides.

dcliu7 minutes ago

On the other hand Messenger has moved to only supporting e2ee chats, wonder why the difference.

gausswho11 minutes ago

Is this legitimate? It's so incoherent to see this blurb at the top saying it's being retired while everything underneath is pitching the value of e2e.

villgax3 minutes ago

just waiting on whatsapp to rug pull as well & then bye bye privacy & meta from my life

emsign7 minutes ago

The USA is going full fascism. People keep laughing at it and only realize it when it's too late.

zipping154915 minutes ago

We all know what this means.

some_furry24 minutes ago

I wonder if this is the start of a trend or just a one-off?

nunobrito4 minutes ago

TikTok replied recently it wouldn't encrypt its messages either, citing user security as reason.