Instagram Users Urged to Save Encrypted DMs Before Feature Disappears Your email has been sent Instagram users who opted for extra privacy in their DMs may want to start saving those conversations.

If you still want end-to-end encrypted messaging, you should use WhatsApp, according to Meta. If you still want end-to-end encrypted messaging, you should use WhatsApp, according to Meta. is a news ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Instagram, a popular video and photo-sharing platform, has announced that it is pulling the plug on its end-to-end encrypted messaging feature. The update will roll out on May 8, 2026, and you will ...

A laptop you carry everywhere is vulnerable to loss or theft. Even a desktop computer isn't immune. A snoop could sit down in your chair and steal your files, or a hacker could compromise the device ...

Meta is pulling its end-to-end encryption option on Instagram DMs. The company announced the change in an update to its support page and via alerts to users in the app, writing: End-to-end encrypted ...

I’ve always found it a bit strange how Meta handles our privacy. On one side, the company is all in on the idea of encryption and how it’s so important for a user’s privacy. On the other side, they’ve ...

Meta has officially announced that it is ending end-to-end encryption on Instagram starting from 8 May, 2026. While the company has been promoting the essential privacy feature for years, it now says ...

DCI Driss Hayoukane, the senior investigating officer who led the Met’s EncroChat operation, said “it was like being in a room with [the criminals] and they are talking freely, and they don't see you ...

Instagram users will soon begin to see pop-up messages with instructions on how to download photos and videos, and transfer them to their phone or a computer storage.