Meta Drops End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

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This is a massive betrayal of user privacy — Meta never even gave most users a chance to opt in, then used low adoption as an excuse to kill the feature. This is the first time a major platform has rolled back encryption, giving governments and bad actors a direct window into private conversations. Activists, journalists and vulnerable communities lose real protection while Meta gains the ability to surveil its own users.