devtake.dev — #encryptionArticles tagged encryption on devtake.dev.https://devtake.dev/en-usThe EU called VPNs 'a loophole that needs closing.' Proton's UK signups rose 1,800%.https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/An EU Parliament briefing and Executive VP Henna Virkkunen both flagged VPN circumvention of age verification. The UK's attempt to solve it backfired into record VPN adoption.Sat, 09 May 2026 08:15:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationprivacyeuvpnage-verificationencryptionclara-wexlerMeta pulled encryption from Instagram DMs today. WhatsApp and Messenger keep theirs.https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/End-to-end encryption is gone from Instagram DMs as of May 8. Meta cited low adoption for a feature it never turned on by default.Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTpolicymetainstagramencryptionprivacyend-to-end-encryptionpolicytake-it-down-actchild-safetyclara-wexlerGnuPG 2.5.19 lands ML-KEM in mainline. Post-quantum OpenPGP is no longer a side branch.https://devtake.dev/article/gnupg-post-quantum-mainline/https://devtake.dev/article/gnupg-post-quantum-mainline/Werner Koch shipped GnuPG 2.5.19 on April 24 with FIPS-203 ML-KEM, the first stable post-quantum encryption algorithm in OpenPGP. Here's what changed and what didn't.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMTsecuritygnupgopenpgppost-quantumml-kemcryptographysecuritykyberencryptionluca-reinhardt