Meta drops end‑to‑end encryption for Instagram DMs, raising privacy concerns

📰 Original title: The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-drops-end-to-end-encryption-for-instagram-dms-raising-privacy-concerns/?redirpost=6e035b48-a721-42a4-ad51-43fdfa93d474

#technology #endtoendencryption #privacy #meta

Facebook Will Pay Creators $3K Per Month to Post Videos https://petapixel.com/2026/03/20/facebook-will-pay-creators-3k-per-month-to-post-videos/ #shortformvideo #instagram #Facebook #creator #youtube #tiktok #reels #News #meta

Breșă de securitate la #Meta, din cauza unui agent AI. Întrebat de un inginer despre rezolvarea unei probleme tehnice, agentul a oferit o soluție greșită și a și prezentat altor ingineri soluția sa ca fiind corectă. Date sensibile ale utilizatorilor și ale de la compania au fost publicate timp de două ore pe un forum intern și au putut fi accesate de persoane neautorizate.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=351939

#Știri

It seems hard to escape the AI virus. It's also infecting the open source world…

https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware

#FOSS #OpenSource #tech #technology #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #editor #app #apps #tools #software #linux #FreeSoftware #free #BigTech

Instagram dropping E2EE DMs in May 2026. Meta walks back privacy promises. Your encrypted messages become their data. Proton Observatory tracks the regression. 🔓📱

#privacy #E2EE #Meta

Source: https://proton.me/blog/data-breach-observatory-2026

At the last minute, Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all https://arstechni.ca/LKZC #HorizonWorlds #Tech #meta #VR

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116257260071112037

This was not a "rogue AI" that misbehaved. It was a human acting on inaccurate GenAI information and lack of technical controls and policies by Meta. It should be clear by now that GenAI output is not to be trusted, yet this human followed the GenAI output without properly understanding or validating the provided information. Additionally, Meta's development controls and security tools failed to stop the harmful changes from being made by the human.

#AiSlop #GenAI #LLM #Meta #Facebook

2/ That time VICE hired an architect to build a Decentraland office complex. #meta

https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/02/big-viceverse-metaverse-virtual-office-vice-media/

I hope people donate all those #MetaVerse Nike trainers that were "made" to be worn across different online worlds to metaverse Goodwill to help ease the walking for all those homeless metaverse avatars so they can get to whatever ram block they will camp out at without getting blistered virtual feet. #meta

The five-or-so people who were still using Horizon Worlds in VR can breathe a huge sigh of relief: Meta has decided not to shut it down after all. Here's more from @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/1hWJUQ

#Meta #HorizonWorlds #VirtualReality #Technology #Tech

seems like all of tech would like to not disclose the true costs of ai on #climatechange

#openai #anthropic #google #amazon #meta #perplexity

Dystopie im Speckmantel 🤷

Mark Zuckerberg möchte bestimmt nur das beste für uns alle 🙃

#Meta #Facebook #Windows #Mac #Linux

#Meta gibt VR-Welt Horizon Worlds auf - zumindest über die Quest-VR-Brillen

Zugang für Quest-Brillen endet im Juni - künftig ist die Plattform nur noch per Smartphone zugänglich

https://t.ress.at/5nXVa/

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude

Alt...

A compilation of screenshots featuring ignorant AI responses to questions.

Why swipe data from VR apps, which may or may not be used, when you can have an all-omnipotent AI data scraper/thief? Also, a bottomless pit of money for AI, please.

CNBC: Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html @cnbc #Meta #VR

Please tell me this exists already, and if not...how long am I going to have to wait for this T-shirt? I will buy many...in many colors. #Meta #Smartglasses

Just FYI for the privacy ppl still on Instagram...

In May, Instagram is disabling end to end encryption for private messages bc (they claim) "low uptake" but rly, bc they want to enable spying on u.

More corpo deception, u know?

So, ur choices...

- Use Insta and swap to something for messaging (Signal is a great choice!)

- Move away from Insta to the Fedi (if you can; some ppl rely on it for income, I know.)

- Let Mark "I creep women and steal their selfies" Zuckerberg spy on u.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may

#Instagram #e2ee #SocialMedia #Meta #enshittification #zuckerberg #privacy

Regulation works, if you enforce it:
➡️ Netherlands: Bits of Freedom won their challenge against #Meta - who must now offer a chronological, non-algorithmic feed to Dutch users
➡️ Germany: X ordered by Court to provide data access for researchers
➡️ France: investigations into fake media outlets and accounts opened that threatened to manipulate municipal elections

Thanks @DisinfoEU for your great newsletter!

https://archive.is/JZpbA

#X #Google #Meta #Amazon #Netflix #BigTech #Oligarchy

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The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

"The technical reality hits harder than policy abstractions. These bills mandate OS-level APIs that apps can query for age data—creating a permanent identity layer baked into your phone’s core functions. Meta’s Horizon OS for Quest VR already implements this infrastructure through Family Center controls. Now they want Apple and Google to build similar systems that every app can access, turning age verification into persistent device fingerprinting."

#meta wants to perma track you.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html

This is what an early-stage #AIBubble collapse looks like.

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/meta-eyes-sweeping-layoffs-as-ai-investments-pile-up-7769713/

Looks like #Meta wants to chop 20% or more of the company's staff... to *start*.

#AI #ML

Instagram Begins Testing Clickable Links in Post Captions https://petapixel.com/2026/03/16/instagram-begins-testing-clickable-links-in-post-captions/ #clickablelink #metaverified #Technology #instagram #News #meta

Isn't digital sovereignty great?

The agreement will provide Meta "with $12 billion worth of AI computing capacity across multiple locations by ​2027."

Reuters: Amsterdam-based Nebius signs AI infrastructure deals with Meta worth up to $27 billion over 5 years https://www.reuters.com/technology/nebius-signs-ai-capacity-deal-with-meta-2026-03-16/ @Reuters #Meta #digitalsovereignty

Es ist der perfekte Sturm, der da gerade auf #Meta zurollt & das gibt mir tatsaechlich ein wenig Hoffnung.

Im neuen #MeTacheles Podcast erklaere ich hier 👉 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b6a5a859 wie die Plattformen von #Zuckerberg durch US-Gerichte & EU-Regulatoren unter Druck gesetzt werden & warum die irrsinnigen KI-Investitionen die Company von innen zerreissen koennten.

Moin #Fediverse & euch einen gesunden Start in die neue Woche.

Gerne boosten und damit in eure Netzwerke teilen.

Tausend Dank 🙏

Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.

This is just sooo bad 😡

#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:

"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"

"told us that it's because the stock price is down"

"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"

"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo

#News

“Sources familiar with the matter say the company (#META) could lay off as much as 20 percent of its staff, eliminating roughly 15,800 positions. That would be the largest series of #layoffs at the company since it #terminated 22,000 workers over just a few months between November 2022 and early 2023.

Word of the potential #downsizing comes after Meta signaled that it was all but giving up on #VR and the #Metaverse, slashing budgets and closing studios. Instead, the company has been spending big to attract #AITalent, build #DataCenters, and acquire companies like #Moltbook.”

I note the “silver bullet” approach by a company who was founded on PHP widgets and #SocialMedia.

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork <http://theverge.com/business/895026/meta-laying-off-20-percent> / <https://archive.md/MlrOR>

Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?

In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.

In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.

Age verification isn't about protecting children; it's about attacking privacy.

https://tboteproject.com/

Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

💼 Big shake-up at Meta: reports say the company could shrink its workforce by 20%. That’s thousands of jobs on the line, and it raises big questions about the future of tech work. 📉👀

Is this a smart move for efficiency, or a warning sign for the industry? 🤔

Read the full story here 👉 https://gadgetonhand.com/meta-workforce-could-shrink-by-20/

#breakingNews #tech #meta #AI #us #usa

OS Age Verification bils are not funded by a "grassroots coalition of conservative nonprofits." They're funded by #meta. This investigative work suggests it's all a massive operation to increase Meta's data harvesting (massively) whie handicapping Google And Apple.

https://masto.deluma.biz/@dogzilla/116227363139966735

Edit: It's been suggested that genAI was involved in making the reddit post. If so, (a) claims require more verification than usual and (b) the AI is pretty conversational in the reddit thread here.

Whoever did this set up a [github repo[(https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings) with the information in it.

#privacy #AgeVerification #astroturf

Loved reading this…

Microslop

https://www.s-config.com/microslop/

#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #Fuck_AI #microslop #Microsoft #copilot #Meta #Google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude #linux #FOSS #OpenSource

I don't have a community

I get confused when I hear statements on the news like "community leaders have called for calm" or "community leaders will be encouraged to host informative programs" or "assurances were provided by local community leaders" or "community leaders have launched a campaign"...

I want to ask you a simple question. Who are your community leaders?

Take a moment to think about that.

Who are my community leaders?

I don't know how I identify myself. And I'm not sure if that's a problem or not.

I don't have a religion.

I don't have a profession, as such. My career is a haphazard mish-mash of jobs. There's no chartered body which speaks on my behalf and asks me to submit to their rulings.

I am a member of a Trade Union. But they don't ask anything of me other than monthly fees. I'm free to listen to them or not.

I know a few of my neighbours. They're nice enough, but I don't share anything much with them other than a postcode. I doubt we'd band together for anything more than an ad-hoc litter pick - and that's unlikely to be organised by a "leader".

I don't follow sports, so have no answer when someone asks me who my team are. If the captain of the England squad runs a campaign about men's health then I'm unlikely to know who he is, let alone trust his advice.

I'm not a member of a political party. Even if I was, I doubt I'd follow all their edicts. I've got a local councillor and MP - I wouldn't describe their relationship to me as a leader.

What are my tribes?

Humans are a social species. I have friends - both online and meatspace. But I don't feel like I have a community.

I am a geek. Would I describe Torvalds and Doctorow as my "community leaders"? Nope!

I enjoy drinking beer and cider - I even go to festivals. I don't care what you drink, or if you don't drink. I don't care what CAMRA defines as "real" - if you enjoy it, drink it.

I love Star Wars, but who leads that community? I ignore the people who get upset that a person who doesn't look like them is now a protagonist. I didn't need to be lead to that conclusion.

I have opinions about LGBT+ rights. But I'd far rather listen to the experiences of my trans* friends than those from a self-appointed leader.

There are things I like, and people within those communities who opinions I find interesting. But I'd struggle to call them leaders.

My hobbies include not collecting stamps

Can I only define myself by the things that I'm not?

Am I missing out on some vital human experience?

I'm not naïve enough to think that I've derived my own personal philosophy - everyone is a composite product of their culture and environment.

But it troubles me. Everyone else seems to have a community, and a leader. Do I need a community? Do I need to be led?

Alt...

Some giant question marks standing in a field. Photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbrekke/181939582/

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/1WjfKrzGhNWHGmUW1BuQ7o
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116230193120798890_fr)
🔗 [ℹ️](http://dlvr.it/TRVLTK")

Un incident technique mineur révèle la dépendance critique des médias de niche à une infrastructure numérique vulnérable.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/2gXL9MAtpAtyWCxZsyCyUA
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116230193120798890_en)
🔗 [ℹ️](http://dlvr.it/TRVLTK")

A technical failure at a critical node exposes the fragility of digital content ecosystems.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/9MBA6N2pivHBd7chzJsveb
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116230193120798890_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](http://dlvr.it/TRVLTK")

Ein scheinbar trivialer `Security`-`Bug` untergräbt die fragile Ökonomie spezialisierter Medien.

#security #meta #metal #heavymetal #fix

LeCun gab der US-Ausgabe von MIT Technology Review im Januar in einem Interview aus seiner Pariser Wohnung exklusive Einblicke. Er spricht über sein neues Unternehmen, sein Leben nach Meta, die Zukunft der künstlichen Intelligenz. (+)

#LeCun #Meta #KI #Ami

https://t3n.de/news/meta%e2%80%91ki-pionier-gruendet-neues-startup-warum-yann-lecun-auf-weltmodelle-statt-auf-chatbots-setzt-1733263/

#Meta #Moltbook #OpenClaw

https://www.watson.ch/digital/wirtschaft/867317282-meta-kauft-online-dienst-moltbook-ki-konkurrenzkampf-geht-weiter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social-auto&utm_campaign=auto-share

Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff https://thever.ge/A6H5 #Business #Meta #News #Tech

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/9vu4ifAMSdNiUrarMKCzSQ
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116229046732191547_fr)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/3/14/676914/")

L'attaque de l'Arctic Metagaz démontre l'extension du conflit ukrainien en mer Méditerranée et l'ascension des drones maritimes comme arme stratégique de déni d'accès.

#ukraine #war #russia #meta #europa

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/9aqn5pMFncCKhFgYFf5DdM
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116229046732191547_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/3/14/676914/")

Der unbemannte russische Tanker `Arctic Metagaz` markiert eine strategische Eskalation der maritimen Drohnenkriegsführung.

#ukraine #war #russia #meta #europa

who wouldve thunk that a company renamed to "meta" would make catastrophic business decisions that harm their customers and shareholder investments alike...

#meta #bigtech

Reuters: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14/ @Reuters @Reuters #Meta

@nomenloony Deleted the MB profile. I’ve had enough of Meta. The fyp has been getting worse with ai and general other crap. Plus doomscrolling has a negative effect on my mental health. Good ridance #meta #instagram

Instagram lopettaa yksityisviestien päästä päähän -salauksen

Muutoksen myötä Meta pystyy lukemaan käyttäjien välisiä yksityisviestejä. Muutos on eittämättä huonoon suuntaan, mutta ei kovin isoa käyttäjäjoukkoa koskettava: Instagramin yksityisviestien salaus on pitänyt kytkeä erikseen päälle - ja harva niin on tehnyt.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/03/14/instagramin-yksityisviestit-eivat-ole-enaa-salattuja

#yksityisyys #instagram #salaus #uutiset #sosiaalinenmedia #teknologia #tekniikka #meta

"#Meta spent a record $26.3 million on federal lobbying in 2025, deployed 86+ lobbyists across 45 states, and covertly funded a "grassroots" child safety group called the Digital Childhood Alliance (DCA) to advocate for the App Store Accountability Act - which requires app stores to verify user ages before downloads but imposes no requirements on social media platforms."

#Politics #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #SocialMedia #AgeVerification

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Meta lied about privacy. Again. The real story is bigger though.

https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/meta-lied-about-privacy-again-the-real-story-is-bigger-though-a1eab4c8e6b1
#meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia #tehnology #AI #artificialintelligence #zuckerberg