alt Hacker News"In March, a spokesperson for Meta told The Guardian that the decision to abandon encryption was due to low uptake. "Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months," the spokesperson said."
I wonder what it's like being a spokesperson for a company (or administration) where everyone including yourself knows your statements are misleading at best.
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They also made it difficult to opt-in and, from what I remember, no option for group chats.
It feels similar to being a buzzing fridge. These people possibly can't have any feelings or else they couldn't do that job.
Being good at serving the interests of wealthy people as a paid liar has proven to be a demonstrably good skill set for a career in politics.
I've noticed it is a quite common attitude in society, not paid enough to care so they don't.