Meta says barely anyone used it. Critics say that's not the point. Instagram's most private feature is gone — and the timing couldn't be more loaded.

A Meta spokesperson told PCMag it opted to remove the feature, which has proved controversial in the past, because ‘very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs.’ ...

In this photo illustration, the Instagram logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller ...

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

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Meta has confirmed that, soon, it will remove support for end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs. Confirmed on a support ...