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  "path": "/2026/03/17/security-bite-your-instagram-dms-were-likely-never-encrypted-to-begin-with/",
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    "**Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform**.",
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    "Meta",
    "Instagram Help Center",
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  "textContent": "_9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by_**Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform**.  _Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Apple Unified Platform currently trusted by over 45,000 organizations to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. _** _Request your EXTENDED TRIAL_** _today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple_.\n\n* * *\n\nMeta quietly updated its Instagram Help Center recently announcing that end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging will no longer be supported on the platform after May 8, 2026. If you have encrypted chats, you will want to export them before the deadline.\n\nThe company’s official reasoning: low adoption. “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,” a Meta spokesperson said. “Anyone who wants to keep messaging with E2EE can easily do that on WhatsApp.”\n\nThat explanation could be technically true, but still a little hard to take seriously…\n\nmore…",
  "title": "Security Bite: Your Instagram DMs were likely never encrypted to begin with"
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