The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.
    • refalo@programming.dev
      2·
      17 hours ago

      If they did, it’s still entirely possible to use your own e2ee for messages between friends on any app just by using an encrypted keyboard app on your phone (like KryptEY).

    • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
      6·
      1 day ago

      Maybe not, but adoption of E2EE by mainstream big tech platforms helps normalize it. Especially when governments keep trying to convince people that encryption is just for criminals.

  • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    That’s the cover-up for the fact they were recently exposed for lobbying digital ID laws into place in a few states (in America), and pending even on a national level.