Casey Newton
A terrible step back for privacy and it's crazy that Meta announced this by updating a support page https://www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is-getting-rid-of-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/
Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]

Pulling the plug on privacy?

Android Police
Mar 13 at 6:16pmWeb
Show threadBinHong LeeMar 13
cc: @alecmuffett
Show threadAlec MuffettMar 13
I would like to know why. Currently my most plausible entirely unsubstantiated and groundless guess is basically Conway's Law and that Instagram proved incapable of merging projects with the broader E2EE projects.

But I would still be interested to know the truth.
Show threadMichael SoledadMar 13
Amazing how they want us to stop using their platform
Show threadJoshMar 13
It’s for mass surveillance, y’all.
Show threadRaja and DavidMar 13
Who actually has this feature cuz I’ve never seen it on iOS or Android over multiple accounts spanning back years