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Meta's Killing Instagram Encryption While Bragging About Nuking 11 Million Scam Accounts

John Z Black Mar 14, 2026

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Meta's shutting down Instagram's end-to-end encrypted chats in May while touting the removal of 10.9 million scam accounts. Both are real moves. The tension between them says a lot about what kind of security Meta actually cares about.