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Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats (proton.me)
submitted 14 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Instagram appears to be stepping back from end-to-end encrypted messaging — a surprising move after years of Meta, its parent company, promoting strong encryption as the future of private communication.

A notice on Instagram’s help pages now says end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8, 2026. The page instructs affected users to download any chat messages or shared media they want to keep before that date.

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[–] crazyinferno@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Does anyone know if they're unencrypting chats that already happened? Like my chat history? If so that's fucked up

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If they can, then it was never e2e encrypted.

[–] Strive7307@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 hours ago

Well e2e encryption is never private for the entity contrilling the endpoint. Instagram could push an update which decrypts and uploads your past chat history. Of course they’d only do it for your benefit so you don’t lose any data /s

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