end-to-end encryption

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

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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

Email Privacy in 2026: How We Rebuilt Onion Mail to Stop Tracking, Phishing, and Data Leaks

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Email Privacy in 2026: How We Rebuilt Onion Mail to Stop Tracking, Phishing, and Data Leaks

  Why your email is the most surveilled inbox you own Most people think of email as a private channel. The reality is the opposite: a typical promotional email contains between 5 and 30 invisible tracking elements. The moment you open it, the sender knows when, from which device, in which time zone, sometimes even … Read more