Instagram is dropping end-to-end encrypted chats. This is what is changing

Instagram is ending end-to-end encrypted chats amid child safety concerns, but what does the change actually mean for your DMs?

Warning: Instagram DMs Lose End-to-End Encryption Starting Today

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on ...

Meta quietly removes end-to-end encryption from Instagram: What does it mean for your private DMs?

Instagram has discontinued end-to-end encryption on the platform, meaning user messages are now only protected by standard encryption.
Wired

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI

Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move could help protect the AI conversations of millions of people. Every day, ...
The Financial Express

‘If you care about privacy, don’t use Insta DMs’: Internet reacts to Instagram ending end-to-end encryption

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) direct messages starting May 8, 2026, meaning private chats will ...

The end of private DMs? Instagram is dropping encrypted chats today: What it means for you

Instagram users will lose access to end-to-end encrypted direct messages from May 8 as Meta removes the optional privacy feature introduced in 2023. While DMs will still remain private in a general ...

Use One of These Apps to Encrypt Your Calls, Because Your Phone Won’t

Cellular protocols are not encrypted end-to-end, meaning that audio could be intercepted along the way—unless you use a ...