Windy cityMar 13

Is this the first time a major service has removed end-to-end encryption instead of adding it? Why Instagram?

#instagram #socialmedia #privacy #infosec #technology #enshittification

Show threadSafigoMar 13

@pheonix I was always surprised that #Meta decided to add it in the first place.

#E2EE has its own complications the vast majority of people don’t want to deal with. And most importantly, most of their users don’t worry about that at all. They want fast and searchable history and a communication.

Show threadDanny Boling ☮️Mar 13

@safigo

I'm genuinely curious: what about E2EE is complicated to the vast majority of people? Isn't it mostly transparent to the user nowadays?

@pheonix

Show threadshadowwwind
@IAmDannyBoling @safigo @pheonix losing your private key. Or that losing your password means losing all messages. Its not the norm. And I now have heard of multiple people losing their signal message history when simply switching phones.
It does have its issues.
Mar 13 at 5:52pmWeb
Show threadDanny Boling ☮️Mar 13

@shadowwwind

Thanks! I guess I've been lucky and sheltered so far.

@safigo @pheonix