This growth in illicit activity has pushed encryption to the center of debates about national security, law enforcement and ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

CANADA - 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Instagram logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA ...

Instagram to drop end-to-end encryption by May 2026. Meta focuses on privacy in WhatsApp, not Instagram. Limited adoption of E2EE on Instagram influenced decision. Meta announced last week that the ...

CoinDesk Research maps five crypto privacy approaches and examines which models hold up as AI improves. Full coverage of ...

Instagram said that end-to-end encrypted messaging on the social media platform will no longer be supported after May 8 this year. End-to-end encrypted conversations use a special key to protect ...

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. Crucially, few companies ...

TikTok doesn't encrypt your direct messages like other platforms including Instagram, Messenger, and X, which offer the privacy option. According to a report by the BBC, TikTok will not add end-to-end ...

Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move ...

Meta is pulling its end-to-end encryption option on Instagram DMs. The company announced the change in an update to its support page and via alerts to users in the app, writing: End-to-end encrypted ...

Meta has officially announced that it is ending end-to-end encryption on Instagram starting from 8 May, 2026. While the company has been promoting the essential privacy feature for years, it now says ...