Instagram’s Encryption Rollback: What It Means for Your DMs & What Alternatives Exist

Meta is removing encryption from Instagram direct messages (DMs) on May 8, 2026: Find some of the best alternatives for your ...
The Guardian

Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May

Meta’s announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over feature Instagram will stop encrypting private messages between users from May, after enduring years of criticism from ...
Engadget

Meta is killing end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs

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Mashable

TikTok doesn't end-to-end encrypt your DMs

TikTok doesn't encrypt your direct messages like other platforms including Instagram, Messenger, and X, which offer the privacy option. According to a report by the BBC, TikTok will not add end-to-end ...
New Scientist

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

The amount of quantum computing power needed to crack a common data encryption technique has been reduced tenfold. This makes the encryption method even more vulnerable to quantum computers, which may ...
Android Authority

Apple is finally testing RCS encryption, but there’s a catch for Android users

Apple has started testing end-to-end encrypted RCS in the first iOS 26.4 developer beta. RCS encryption currently works only between iPhones, not between iPhone and Android. Apple says full RCS E2EE ...
MacRumors

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security ...
ZDNet

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe

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Ars Technica

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...
GitHub

CryptoJS AES encryption/decryption on client side with Javascript and on server side with PHP

This library is considered deprecated, read-only and superseeded by my newer library https://github.com/brainfoolong/js-aes-php - It's basically the same without the ...
Bleeping Computer

RansomHouse upgrades encryption with multi-layered data processing

The RansomHouse ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has recently upgraded its encryptor, switching from a relatively simple single-phase linear technique to a more complex, multi-layered method. In ...
CNET

You’ll Be Glad Your VPN Has Post-Quantum Encryption, Even if You Don’t Need It Now. Here’s Why

Krishi specializes in making complex tech topics, like VPNs, cybersecurity, and online privacy, clear and accessible. With 5+ years of writing experience, his work appears in outlets such as TechRadar ...