“Public commitments to support privacy features are literally the only thing that we the public have. If they’re worthless, then why should we assume we’ll continue to have end-to-end encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp?”

https://www.wired.com/story/the-danger-behind-metas-decision-to-kill-end-to-end-encrypted-instagram-dms/

#privacy #encryption #instagram

The Danger Behind Meta’s Decision to Kill End-to-End Encrypted Instagram DMs

Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide.

WIRED

@mattburgess now that tech giants are no longer being held responsible for content moderation in the US and prefer to sell our conversations to data brokers, ICE+FBI+CIA+NSA, and the @EUCommission wants panopticon surveillance with #ChatControl in the #DigitalOmnibus, E2EE is a shambling corpse.

The next snake oil will be "homomorphic encryption" once their marketing teams coin a term that doesn't sound like it's going to turn everyone gay.

@mattburgess I’m surprised anyone thought they could use Instagram as a secure platform to begin with. No one should trust anything that Meta builds.