Soon you will have zero privacy on Instagram, even in direct messages, because from May 8th, 2026, the tech giant will stop encrypting private messages between its users. In doing so, Meta gives in to governments pushing against end-to-end encryption claiming that this would increase the security of minors. But with this argument, politicians want to take away privacy from everyone. The truth is that removing end-to-end encryption destroys any privacy that was left on Instagram, and it makes its users even more vulnerable to big tech surveillance. Let's take a look at what these changes to Instagram encryption in DMs mean for you.