Meta to End Instagram End-to-End Encryption for DMs
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
March 14, 2026
Some context provided by PG friend @henry-fisher.
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Meta Is Killing Encrypted DM's on Instagram
Meta is removing end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. Their excuse? "Very few people were using it." But they never made it the default a...
IG apparently deliberately hid the feature. It had to be enabled.
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