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Meta is killing end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs soon (9to5google.com)
submitted 2 days ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] Willoughby@piefed.world 27 points 2 days ago

Meta to stop pretending your messages were ever encrypted-

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if you don't hold the keys it is not truly encrypted

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

GPG

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

AGE is the gold standard now

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Around 99% of all chat reports sent to police in Europe come from a single US corporation: Meta. US tech giants are acting as private auxiliary police forces—without any effective European oversight.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/historic-chat-control-vote-in-the-eu-parliament-meps-vote-to-end-untargeted-mass-scanning-of-private-chats/

Curious coincidence that when it seems to become illegal to scan private chats they make their chats less private

[–] teaHead74@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Is anyone who really cares abut encryption, security, and privacy actually using Instagram and co. fr?

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't want the peasant used to privacy.

Signal signups go brrr!

[–] TheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 2 days ago

As if that would change anything.

[–] Smackyroon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Surprise!