The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.
  • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    That’s the cover-up for the fact they were recently exposed for lobbying digital ID laws into place in a few states (in America), and pending even on a national level.

    • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
      6·
      6 days ago

      Maybe not, but adoption of E2EE by mainstream big tech platforms helps normalize it. Especially when governments keep trying to convince people that encryption is just for criminals.

    • refalo@programming.dev
      2·
      6 days ago

      If they did, it’s still entirely possible to use your own e2ee for messages between friends on any app just by using an encrypted keyboard app on your phone (like KryptEY).

      • lemongarlic@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 hours ago

        Nobody using Instagram DM’s is actually going to go out of their way to encrypt messages like that, people who care about privacy are going to move their conversations to Signal or another secure app with E2EE built in