Instagram is removing a privacy feature on May 8 that previously prevented the company from reading users’ direct messages, ...

Meta has officially ended end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram Direct Messages from May 8, reversing a privacy feature ...

Should a privacy feature disappear simply because it was optional rather than universal?

Instagram's end-to-end encrypted messaging will cease support on May 8, 2026, allowing Meta to access message content. Users ...

Instagram is disabling end-to-end encryption for direct messages on May 8, 2026, a significant privacy rollback from parent ...

Google has expanded Gmail's end-to-end encryption for Workspace users to iOS and Android, allowing mobile users to compose and read encrypted messages natively within the Gmail app for the first time.

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages from 8 May 2026, meaning private chats will no longer have ...

Users of Android and iPhone smartphones can now benefit from end-to-end Gmail encryption, for any recipient, Google has confirmed. But there’s a catch.