Instagram direct messages are protected by end-to-end encryption. But in the next few weeks, all of that changes.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encryption in May, and affected messages may need to be downloaded beforehand.

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

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The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

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