{"id":24077,"date":"2026-03-14T07:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/blog\/?p=24077"},"modified":"2026-03-14T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:56:15","slug":"instagram-is-dropping-encrypted-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/blog\/instagram-is-dropping-encrypted-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Is Dropping Encrypted Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not long ago, Meta was making a big deal about bringing end-to-end encryption to Instagram chats. Now they&#8217;re pulling it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram didn&#8217;t announce this through a blog post or a press release; they buried the change in an update to their help section. The page now says E2EE won&#8217;t be supported after May 8. 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