Meta quietly removes end-to-end encryption from Instagram: What does it mean for your private DMs?

Instagram has discontinued end-to-end encryption on the platform, meaning user messages are now only protected by standard encryption.
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Instagram is dropping end-to-end encrypted chats. This is what is changing

Instagram is scrapping its private direct message feature, retreating from a privacy push that Meta once promoted under the slogan “the future is private”. Meta wrote on its Instagram help page that ...