Last month, Meta announced that it would terminate the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) feature for Instagram DMs on May 8. I don’t personally use Instagram DMs, but given its massive user base, I expected at least some outcry. Instead, beyond the usual voices from “privacy hardliners” like Proton and Mozilla, there hasn’t even been a ripple on social media. I couldn’t find a single complaint, let alone any talk of a boycott. I’m not just talking about a lack of discussion within my own echo cham...

Last month, Meta announced that it would terminate the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) feature for Instagram DMs on May 8. I don’t personally use Instagram DMs, but given its massive user base, I expected at least some outcry. Instead, beyond the usual voices from “privacy hardliners” like Proton and Mozilla, there hasn’t even been a ripple on social media. I couldn’t find a single complaint, let alone any talk of a boycott. I’m not just talking about a lack of discussion within my own echo cham...