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REMINDER: Tomorrow Instagram removes end-to-end encrypted chats (sh.itjust.works)

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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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[-] rangber@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

May sound mean, but why use Instagram DM at all? I wouldn't trust their claim on implementation of E2E encryption to begin with.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Didn’t they just find that WhatsApp didn’t even have it to begin with? Maybe they’re pre-empting the “discovery” that Instagram never really had it

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