… Meta Strips Encryption From Instagram DMs Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has pulled support for end-to-end encrypted messages on Instagram, backtracking on its plans to protect people’s privacy by providing messaging the company could not snoop on. …
… Some sources tell WIRED that, absent more information from Meta about its Instagram chat decision, the only conclusion they can come to is that the company's commitment to implementing end-to-end encryption by default across its chat platforms was always a ploy to improve its public image and mend … …
… They became the latest in a long line of stalkerware apps to have suffered security breaches and exposed sensitive information. …
… This week, in response to the issue, Apple released an iOS and iPadOS security update to fix the flaw. “Notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device,” Apple’s security update for iOS 26.4.2 says. “A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.” While t… …
… Meta began implementing age-verification tech in 2024 for Instagram users in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Now, the mechanism will be extended to Instagram accounts in Brazil and 27 European Union countries. …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Tina Peters, a former election clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence after facilitating a security breach in her county's election management system. …
… As the Instagram employee put it, “Everyone is just like, do it now, jesus fucking christ.” Only the individuals with the best pay packages and involved in the core development of AI seem to be thriving, a longtime senior leader at Meta says. …
… I talked to employees who are on Instagram and they say, "Look, our main competitor is TikTok. …