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E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May

https://help.instagram.com/491565145294150
86•mindracer•1h ago

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some_furry•1h ago
I wonder if this is the start of a trend or just a one-off?
nunobrito•47m ago
TikTok replied recently it wouldn't encrypt its messages either, citing user security as reason.
garbawarb•1h ago
When Meta starting introducing E2E messaging it was a huge push. I wonder why they're doing away with it.
john_strinlai•58m ago
i am guessing that they just dont really need to pretend to care anymore. e2e messaging was a big marketing push, not ever an ideological thing. i assume they no longer believe the marketing benefits outweigh the downsides.
varispeed•43m ago
Probably Whatsapp is next, if it isn't quietly already.
deafpolygon•40m ago
> Probably Whatsapp is next, if it isn't quietly already.

And I will be pushing to remove WhatsApp if that’s the case.

garbawarb•5m ago
I doubt it, E2E isba huge part of Whatsapp's selling point considering it's exclusively a messaging app. Instagram is primarily a social app with messaging features.
gmerc•30m ago
It was for plausible deniability because of regulatory scrutiny. Regulator's dead now, so now there's no downside and only upsides to spying on your users.
dngray•4m ago
They never did this for user privacy, and yes I think you're spot on. This was just to remove liability.

Now it just costs them the data and development cost to maintain. Any remaining problems they'll throw some crappy AI moderator at to fix.

zipping1549•58m ago
We all know what this means.
treesknees•58m ago
It could be a move to have parity with TikTok, where they claim it’s for safety reasons. I’ve been seeing advertisements for Instagram touting their child/teen protection features. Seems like they’re really trying to beat the allegations that Instagram is bad for children’s health.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241817

dmix•49m ago
Protecting kids and Terrorism, always the reason why nobody is allowed to have privacy on the internet.
nunobrito•34m ago
Cars nowadays are packed with microphones and permanently connected to the internet on daily basis so that drivers can have remote assistance when the car breaks once every 5 years or so.
Sayrus•12m ago
I keep hearing this one. But at least for EU, the eCall system requires external communication to be disabled until activated during serious accident. It cannot be used for tracking the vehicle in real-time.

Some parts of the legislation (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32...):

> 2. The personal data processed pursuant to this Regulation shall only be used for the purpose of handling the emergency situations referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(2).

> Manufacturers shall provide clear and comprehensive information in the owner's manual about the processing of data carried out through the 112-based eCall in-vehicle system. That information shall consist of:

> the fact that there is no constant tracking of the vehicle;

That vehicle nowadays are equipped with always-on internet and microphones is not related to remote assistance.

PunchyHamster•47m ago
More like excuse
varispeed•45m ago
How these protections are working when I get served literal porn every couple of shorts on Instagram?
jszymborski•7m ago
Protect your kids from whom? Surely not Meta, which is my main concern.
gausswho•54m ago
Is this legitimate? It's so incoherent to see this blurb at the top saying it's being retired while everything underneath is pitching the value of e2e.
emsign•50m ago
The USA is going full fascism. People keep laughing at it and only realize it when it's too late.
apopapo•44m ago
It's not only the united states of America. These tyrannical views have been brewing everywhere for years, and there was not enough public counter-narrative to these ideologies.
dcliu•50m ago
On the other hand Messenger has moved to only supporting e2ee chats, wonder why the difference.
villgax•46m ago
just waiting on whatsapp to rug pull as well & then bye bye privacy & meta from my life
dylan604•22m ago
Wouldn't bye bye meta be hello privacy into your life?
arunc•34m ago
Wait, people trust communication via Instagram thinking they are secure?
blitzar•32m ago
Facebook were at both ends, the encryption was between the ends.

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