Instagram's message encryption will soon end.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

Meta has confirmed it will end end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chats on Instagram in May 2026, a move that could reshape ...

Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, according to an update on its support page. The change requires users who ...

Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8th. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce says the platform is discontinuing the feature ...

Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging ...

The FBI and others are now recommending that Americans send encrypted messages while texting or emailing someone. This comes after officials told NBC News that there was an unprecedented cyberattack ...

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Google is rolling out an end-to-end encrypted email feature for business customers, but it could spawn phishing attacks, particularly in non-Gmail inboxes. End-to-end encryption is a protection that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man looks at his phone in New York on June 7. (Michael Nagle) Federal officials warned Tuesday that a massive Chinese hacking ...

The beta feature for enterprise accounts allows Gmail users to simply toggle encryption for external emails. The beta feature for enterprise accounts allows Gmail users to simply toggle encryption for ...

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...