Instagram Removes End-to-End Encryption: What Meta’s Privacy Changes Mean for Your DMs

For millions of users, the small lock icon in an Instagram Direct Message (DM) has long served as a visual shorthand for privacy. It signaled a “Secret Conversation,” a dedicated space where end-to-end encryption (E2EE) ensured that only the sender and the recipient could read the contents of the chat. However, a wave of confusion … Read more