E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May

Post by londons_explore » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC

mnahkies wrote: post #168

avallach wrote: post #93

Isn't this actually improving safety by openly admitting how things always were in practice? Any e2e encryption provided by the same entity who fully controls both the blackbox clients, and the server in between, is just a security theatre that they can selectively bypass anytime with very little risk of detection. Not really much better than simple client to server encryption. Truly safe e2e requires open source cli…

I don't disagree, but I think there is a distinction between "everything is e2ee, but specific conversations may be MiTM without detection" and "nothing is e2ee and can be retrospectively inspected at will" that goes a little beyond security theatre - makes it more analogous to old fashioned wiretaps in my mind. Obviously it involves trust that it isn't actually "we say it's e2ee but actually we also MiTM every conve…

Post by mvrckhckr » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

gzread wrote: post #126

mvrckhckr wrote: post #118

The only reason I can think of for this change is governmental pressure. I don’t see how it benefits the platform itself (nor its users).

I can think of some. Less code complexity to support a feature that didn't work properly and nobody was using? More ability to detect spam?

Post by dheera » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

_djo_ wrote: post #152

dheera wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do they know your ideology? Are they scraping your social media or running sentiment analysis on your customer service chats?

It’s likely some customer segmentation label generated through PCA or some other clustering approach. The qualifying criteria is probably just having picked an offer for renewable-sourced energy in the past, indicating that it has some importance to you. So you will be given more green energy offers in future. Every company segments its customer base this way for marketing. Sometimes it’s even useful.

Post by nunobrito » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC

Sayrus wrote: post #209

nunobrito wrote: post #136

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Kindly read point number 2 slowly. There are two definitions: a) Personal Data and b) Emergency Situations What is an emergency situation and how can a car determine it is one? These are "smart" cars which aren't nowadays smart enough to process all your data locally, so that data is sent to servers elsewhere which process if either points a) or b) apply. It is your choice to believe that voice data is ever deleted o…

Emergency situations are defined by two situations: severe accidents and manual press of the button. Article 6 covers the data being sent, Article 5 covers the manufacturer's obligations. Your audio during the accident and your last three locations may leak, but the eCall system is not designed for a permanent phone-home system. If I remember correctly, you can't even use the eCall SIM for tracking as that'd encourag…

Post by subscribed » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC

varispeed wrote: post #14

treesknees wrote: post #5

It could be a move to have parity with TikTok, where they claim it’s for safety reasons. I’ve been seeing advertisements for Instagram touting their child/teen protection features. Seems like they’re really trying to beat the allegations that Instagram is bad for children’s health. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241817

How these protections are working when I get served literal porn every couple of shorts on Instagram?