Instagram users will soon not enjoy complete privacy while sending DMs from May, its owner Meta has confirmed.

Meta has confirmed it will end end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats on Instagram in May 2026, a move that could reshape ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, according to an update on its support page. The change requires users who ...

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging ...

Pulling the plug on privacy?

Meta announced Thursday it is testing stronger encryption features for Facebook Messenger — just days after the company faced backlash for turning over a teenager’s private messages about her abortion ...

Instagram is about to take away a key privacy option from its Direct Messages system. The platform will soon discontinue ...

Google has quietly updated its Android Messages platform this week, trying to plug a critical security gap for hundreds of millions of users. But, be warned, this isn’t all it seems. Google has rushed ...

TikTok confirms it will not add end to end encryption to direct messages, citing safety concerns and law enforcement access.

Messages encrypted with the Pretty Good Privacy algorithm could fall prey to a technique that fools senders into decoding their own secret messages, according to ...