Your Instagram DMs are undergoing a major privacy upgrade right now, making them more secure than ever before. But these new settings might not apply to all your conversations, and you need to know why.
Instagram is rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for DMs by default for all users, a significant privacy enhancement. This means your private conversations are now much harder for anyone else to read.
For years, Instagram DMs weren't end-to-end encrypted by default, unlike WhatsApp (also owned by Meta).