Discord’s DAVE protocol now protects eligible voice and video calls, but text chats and Stage channels remain outside end-to-end encryption. Discord calls just got a privacy upgrade. Discord now ...

The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.

The EU extended its Chat Control rules to 2028 as lawmakers continue debating message scanning, privacy protections, and ...

As of today, end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages is no longer available. DMs that you send to people on Instagram will no longer feature full encryption, and your conversations are not ...

Your calls on Discord are now truly private. The social platform says it's completed its years-long endeavor to apply end-to-end encryption in all voice and video calls. This security is applied to ...

WhatsApp Web now supports encrypted voice and video calls with screen sharing, reactions, call transfer and noise suppression—see how it works.

Meta-owned Instagram has made a major decision regarding user privacy. The platform is discontinuing support for end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) Direct Messages. If you previously relied on this feature ...

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Instagram will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages between users from May 8, 2026. When the date comes around, Meta will potentially be able to see the contents of all messages between ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. As part of iOS 26.5, Apple has finally added end-to-end encrypted RCS conversations with Android users in the Messages app. This has been one of the most ...