"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. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp."
"Without default encryption, millions of Instagram users are left exposed to surveillance, interception, and misuse of their private communications. These risks fall hardest on people who rely on secure messaging for their safety, including journalists, human rights defenders, and survivors of abuse."
"Meta has quietly pulled the plug on encrypted Instagram DMs, meaning private messages on one of the world's biggest social networks are no longer especially private."
"The change took effect today, according to a revised Meta post first published in 2022."
Meta has disabled the option for end-to-end encrypted messaging in Instagram DMs. The change took effect immediately, following a revised Meta post originally published in 2022. Meta stated that very few users opted in to encrypted DMs, so the company is removing the option from Instagram over the coming months. Meta directed users who want end-to-end encryption to use WhatsApp instead. The move reverses years of emphasis on encryption as the future of online communications. Privacy advocates criticized the decision, warning that without default encryption users face surveillance, interception, and misuse of private messages, with heightened risks for journalists, human rights defenders, and abuse survivors.
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