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Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

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If it was open source people could fork.

But a fork wouldn't be installed on billions of people's devices.

Any community that cares could then at least make the right choice of client for their community. The masses never care, but what matters is that privacy is actually a choice.

Re: Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

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Because they do privacy well. Everything is encrypted.

Are you forgetting the /s or sarcasm is implied?

Neither. Name one other company that is doing things as well as them in the privacy front.

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It’s people like you who go in the dark forest because “the prison is tight”, get mugged, then complain that the sheriff doesn’t operate there. Call it a prison cell, or a fortified city. Whatever, dude…

Nah, I would never be using an Apple product to begin with because I'm not a magpie to be wooed by a shiny nickel in the mud.

What you’re saying is that regardless of what Apple does, you’re not going to use it anyway. Why would anyone care about your opinion.

Re: Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

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I worked at Instagram during this (not at the EeE, but saw enough of it, to see that it was a mess). I think the reason for dropping it, is more of a technical issue and user experience, rather than a 'desire' issue or company will. From my understanding, Zuck wanted this. The implementation was a mess, and folks have different expectations about messages to appear at every platform. Having messages disappear between…

How were there 64 leads?
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