Instagram will now not help end-to-end encrypted messages beginning Could eighth. In a press release to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce says the platform is discontinuing the characteristic as a result of “only a few folks” have been utilizing E2EE of their DMs.
Instagram has begun notifying impacted customers concerning the change inside its app, and has additionally posted an replace to its help web page, suggesting that customers obtain E2EE chats and pictures earlier than it discontinues the characteristic, as noticed earlier by PiunikaWeb. “Anybody who needs to maintain messaging with end-to-end encryption can simply try this on WhatsApp,” El-Kassaby Luce provides.