One of the world’s most popular social media platforms is walking away from its parent company’s biggest privacy promise. If you use Instagram to send private messages, something important changed on ...

Meta has confirmed that Instagram will stop supporting its end-to-end encrypted messaging feature after May 8, 2026. The end-to-end encrypted messaging option, often referred to as E2EE, was ...

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted ...

June 29, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Earlier in May, the Texas Attorney General’s office sued Meta for deceiving users on the level of security offered ...

EU providers already scan private messages. Vyara Savova warns end-to-end encryption could be the next target.

The technical foundation is client-side encryption, which Google has been building into Workspace for several years across Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and now Gmail. The key principle is key custody: ...

Code hints in the latest iOS 26.3 developer beta indicate end-to-end encryption is finally coming to RCS messaging on iOS. In March 2025, Apple and the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standards body ...

Instagram is ending end-to-end encrypted chats amid child safety concerns, but what does the change actually mean for your DMs? Instagram is scrapping its private direct message feature, retreating ...

Instagram users across the world will no longer be able to use end-to-end encrypted direct messages (DMs) starting today, after Meta officially switched off the privacy-focused feature on the platform ...

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...

Ring has a new way to protect your videos. It’s developed an encryption method called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key ...