The End of Optional Encryption: What Meta and TikTok Just Told Us

The End of Optional Encryption: What Meta and TikTok Just Told Us

Meta ended optional end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. TikTok confirmed in March it will never offer it. The Take It Down Act takes effect May 19. These three facts are connected, and the connection matters more than any single one of them. What just happened On May 8, 2026, Meta removed … Read more

Post-Quantum Cryptography: We’ve Already Put It in Your Hands

Post-Quantum Cryptography: We've Already Put It in Your Hands

Why we’re talking about ML-KEM and ML-DSA only now, when our PQCServer platform has been live and open source for two months. The context On May 5, 2026, Proton Mail announced support for post-quantum cryptography for emails between Proton users. It’s an important move and deserves recognition: the email industry needed to see a mainstream … Read more