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Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs citing low adoption of the privacy-focused feature.

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[-] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

None of the privacy-seeking people in their sane mind would use Instagram at all, being fair. But yes, it still sucks.

[-] Spider89@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Sure, low adaption...

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Think of the children!

Not really e2ee if they hold the decryption keys...

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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