META TO END END-TO-END ENCRYPTION FOR INSTAGRAM DIRECT MESSAGES. (PHOTO).
Meta to end end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages Meta is ending end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, a feature the company says will no longer be available after May 8, 2026. Unlike WhatsApp, Instagram never offered encryption to all users or as a default; only select users in certain regions could opt in on a per-chat basis. A Meta spokesperson explained that the decision comes due to low adoption. “Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months,” the spokesperson said. “Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.” Meta’s messaging strategy has shifted multiple times over the years. WhatsApp chats have been encrypted since 2016, and the company began rolling out default encryption for Messenger in 2023. However, Meta has not clarified whether the Instagram decision affects Messenger, which is still in the proc...
According to PM news ,the four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,Waripamo Dudafa,and two others with money laundering have pleaded guilty to the offence.The four companies pleaded guilty to conspiring with Dudafa and the two others to launder a sum of $15,592,700 before a Federal High Court in Lagos on thursday.The companies are Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development & Investment Co. Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had since frozen the $15.6m found in the four companies account in Skye Bank.But wife of the ex-Presidentt Jonathan,Patience,has sued the EFCC and Skye Bank,laying claim to the money.She said the money was for her medical treatment.
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