Meta to End Instagram End-to-End Encryption for DMs
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
March 14, 2026
As soon as it came out, there were a lot of people in the privacy community saying they weren’t sure about Instagram’s end-to-end encryption.
But the fact that this feature has been deliberately disabled suggests the current balance of political power and seems to be a noteworthy development.
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