Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging ...

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs. The feature will "no longer be supported after May 8, 2026," the company wrote in an update on its support page. Unlike WhatsApp, Meta never ...

Instagram users may soon find their private messages a little less private. The platform ...

If you still want end-to-end encrypted messaging, you should use WhatsApp, according to Meta. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more.

The Instagram team has quietly announced that it will drop support for end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026.

"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. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end ...

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption for messages on May 8. If you use the feature, Instagram says you’ll get instructions to download affected messages and media. Without end-to-end ...

According to a report by the BBC, TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to DMs. The company told the news outlet it ...

Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook, finally delivering on a pledge it committed to some time ago. Messenger encryption originally ...

End-to-end encryption is known for keeping messages exclusively accessible by the sender and the receiver and vice versa. The ...

Meta has confirmed that, soon, it will remove support for end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs. Confirmed on a support page, Instagram will be removing end-to-end encryption support for direct ...