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

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

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

Instagram will discontinue encrypted messaging, prompting privacy concerns while Meta prepares tools for users to save affected conversations.

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

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 ...

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 ...

TikTok confirms it will not add end to end encryption to direct messages, citing safety concerns and law enforcement access.

TikTok Direct Messages are not getting end-to-end encryption despite rivals and other platforms opting to include the feature ...

Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company, which has formerly offered E2EE on direct messages (DMs), ...

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 ...