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inDrive gives Php2.7 million in fuel vouchers to drivers to help in rising gas prices

Ride-hailing company inDrive has announced it is rolling out Php2.7 million worth of fuel vouchers for its drivers. The move is meant to help them deal with rising fuel prices, which have been driven higher by the conflict in the Middle East. The company said in a statement that the goal is to ease the financial pressure caused by increasing fuel costs. It added that the assistance will help drivers continue working without having to take a hit to their income or pass extra costs on to their passengers. The vouchers come on top of the Php5,000 fuel subsidy that the government has already set aside for transport workers, which includes transport network vehicle service drivers. How Grab’s surge pricing system really works inDrive also said it is continuing its partnership with SeaOil. That partnership gives drivers access to fuel discounts at a time when pump prices have been going up by double digits every week. On top of the vouchers and fuel discounts, the company introdu...
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Instagram is removing its encrypted messaging feature

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Instagram is getting rid of its end-to-end encrypted conversations. The company said the feature will stop working after May 8, 2026.

The encrypted messaging tool was never widely available. Only some users in certain areas could turn it on, and they had to do it for each chat separately. Since it’s not implemented by default, most people just stuck with regular messages.

A Meta spokesperson said the company is removing the feature because almost no one was using it. The company argued that users who want private chats to switch to WhatsApp instead.

Meta did not say what this means for Messenger, but it’s unlikely that end-to-end encryption would be remove there. The company started making encrypted messages the default option on Messenger in 2023, but that is still being used up to this day.

This is just the latest change in how Meta handles private messaging. The company added encryption to WhatsApp back in 2016. Years later, Mark Zuckerberg talked about making all the company’s apps more private. But safety concerns kept slowing things down.

Encryption has always been a tricky issue for Meta. Police and child safety groups say it makes it harder to catch bad actors online. These concerns came up again recently during a court case in New Mexico. Internal company messages showed that Meta employees often argued about whether privacy or safety was more important.

Source: Instagram | Via: The Verge

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