This is just to say that Meta/Instagram are wrong in deprecating encrypted direct messages. This change is setting a dangerous precedent. DMs need to be private (and therefore encrypted).

We should not let them get away with it, otherwise more apps and platforms will follow.

@freddy Don't.use.Zuckermusks.rat.shit.

@ar1 That’s beyond the point here. Even if you don’t use it, it has impact.

@freddy

@WPalant @freddy not on me and anyone following my advice. The more, the merrier.
@ar1 @WPalant @freddy did you miss the "otherwise more apps and platforms will follow." You don't use meta apps, great good for you, but it's still a dangerous move.
@Lukew @ar1 @WPalant yeah. My point is that this will have effects and we need to call the eagerly complying platforms out. Whatever reason they give, this move is about mass surveillance and government control. (I don’t use their apps or platforms)
@Lukew @ar1 @WPalant this pseudo-individualistic "not on me" sentiment will allow them to continue until encryption is considered an incriminating circumstance. When encryption is only "just working fine for me personally", then it’s not doing the job for society it ought to do
@freddy @Lukew @WPalant again once more: society should abstain from patronizing the platform of fascists, pedophiles, criminals. Maybe it has escaped you, that your data in the Meta or X universe was **never** private, and never will be. You can criticize the lipstick of the pig as long as you wish, but it's still a pig, even if the lipstick is to your liking. Also, you can do society a favor by not patronizing the platforms of the repugnant Epstein class.
@WPalant @freddy @Lukew I have been a member of the infosec community for a long time. I like it when discussions on data-security are based on facts, analysis and proof. I gave you reasons, facts and you may throw "Cambridge Ananlytica" on you preferred search engine, and maybe you'll find out I am not completely misguided in saying that X and meta do not treat data in a way a security professional should accept it.
Other than participating in society, there you have a choice. No one in my fam is selling their privacy on X or fb. If they can do it, you can too. With this final statement, I consider that case closed for me. Have a nice rest of your life and learn to reason.