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After Friday, Meta can read your Instagram DMs again

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This Friday, May 8, Meta will turn off end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs. The feature, added as opt-in in 2023, is being yanked because almost nobody used it — or at least, that's the official explanation, according to MacRumors, citing a Meta spokesperson who told The Guardian: "Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. — Read the rest The post After Friday, Meta can read your Instagram DMs again appeared first on Boing Boing.

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