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...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offence Unit {Task Force} has concluded arrangements to charge 38 arrested street traders and 33 miscreants to the Lagos State Environmental courts for immediate prosecution.The operatives of the Agency have carried ut an enforcement exercise to dislodge traders from hawking,selling and displaying wares on road setbackd/walkways in order to protect their lives and to also pave way for free flow of traffic along Ketu axis to Ikorodu roundabout.The 38 arrested street traders were mostly women who hawked or displayed wares on road setbacks/walkways thereby causing obstruction to free flow of traffic from Ketu to Ikorodu roundabout.While the 33 arrested miscreants were those who specialise in terrorising people living around Ketu,Owode-Elede,Ajelogo,Alapere and Mile Twelve including those collecting illegal fees from motorists.The enforcement exercise,according to the Chairman of the Lagos Stat Task Force,SP Olayinka Egbeyemi,was to reitrate the commitment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in providing a safer and more conducive environment for the people of the State.While enjoining members of the public particularly traders to desist from either hawking goods or displaying them on road setbacks/walkways the Chairman however said the Agency would not relent in enforcing every dictate of both the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of Twenty Twelve and Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Laws.
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