The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
Key summary
Meta announced default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and testing for Instagram DMs in December 2023, meta announced default end-to-end encryption for Messenger in December 2023 and said Instagram testing was underway.
Instagram chat deployed end-to-end encryption for Instagram chat as an opt-in feature, meta made the Instagram chat encryption an opt-in feature rather than default.
Meta announced it intends to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram chat on May 8, meta announced the removal of the Instagram chat encryption feature with an effective date.
Meta spokesperson said users who want end-to-end encryption can use WhatsApp and that few people had opted in on Instagram, meta told WIRED that users can use WhatsApp for end-to-end encrypted messaging.
User adoption very few people opted in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in Instagram DMs, researchers and advocates noted that few users adopted the opt-in Instagram encryption.
