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context: Instagram will stop supporting E2EE chats starting May 8th, according to a new notice on its help pages.

Meta hasn’t clearly explained why encrypted chats are being removed or what happens to existing conversations afterward, raising new concerns about privacy, data collection, and surveillance on the platform.

Source: https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point is that weakening encryption to "PROTECC THE CHILDREN" is a stupid tactic.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

My comment was not literal or serious, it was purely meant as a burn/insult towards US government.