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Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours ago

Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

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Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

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Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours ago
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  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
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    Whereas I got rid of my instagram that I barely used.

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    I‘m surprised they even had that. The average Instagram user probably doesn‘t even know what that means.

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    Since when did Instagram support E2E? I didn’t even know, lol.

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    1. it was encrypted?

    2. it had to be activated?!?

    • Unsealed9041@lemmy.ca
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      They’d never make it default when it costs them a thousanth of a penny per message.

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    If you intentionally obscure a feature, people won’t use it.
    If you make it the default, they will.

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      just like they forced reels on everyone by pushing it in the algorithm to later say “see! everyone wants reels now, they don’t want photos anymore!”

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      If you expect privacy with any meta product you are insane to begin with.

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        If people thought TikToks invasion of privacy was bad, wait until they realize how bad meta products are

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    Next, WhatsApp loses this “rarely used” feature also

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    It’s really interesting that even with occasional usage of the app not once has this setting been mentioned or brought up for me. Why remove it?

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      No point supporting it if no one uses it.

  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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    Sorry guys, my fault. Zuck just thought my beautiful dick pics shouldn’t be hidden from the world any longer

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      Zuckerborg still needs to learn about humanity, so he needs every data available downloaded into his android brain.

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