Meta-owned Instagram has made a major decision regarding user privacy. The platform is discontinuing support for end-to-end ...

Instagram will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users from May 8, 2026. When the date comes around, ...

Should a privacy feature disappear simply because it was optional rather than universal?

Instagram is removing a privacy feature on May 8 that previously prevented the company from reading users’ direct messages, ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today ...

OS 26.5’s RC is available now, and Apple has confirmed that the update will bring a key RCS upgrade we’ve been waiting for.

Meta said that if users have chats that will be affected by this change, they will get instructions on how to download any ...

The latest test version of iOS 26.5 includes a changelog about bringing some new protections to texts. The smartphone ...

FBI warnings and new attacks show encrypted messaging isn’t as safe as you think — your phone and your accounts are now the real targets.

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages from 8 May 2026, meaning private chats will no longer have ...

The case, led by a special agent in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, focused on claims that some ...

Apple has released the latest iOS 26.5 beta, and it brings a familiar feature to the Messages app as the RCS technology sees the return of end-to-end encryption. Apple Messages' RCS Sees End-to-End ...