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Twitter is launching encrypted DMs for paying subscribers

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Yordan 11 May 2023

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Twitter revealed that encrypted direct messages are now supported. It allows subscribers to communicate without the platform storing their messages, which will be available only on the device.

The big catch is that only paying members will get it - it includes verified users and organizations or their affiliates. The requirement is for both the sender and recipient, meaning if you are not paying at least $8/mo for Twitter Blue, encrypted DMs will remain unavailable.

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Screenshots of the feature

Encrypted messages will appear as separate conversations and are currently limited to one-to-one messages; this means no group chats for now.

Other limitations of these messages include no protection from “man-in-the-middle attacks,”. The compulsory legal process means Twitter be able to compromise the conversation, and neither the sender nor the receiver would know. Messages and links will be encrypted by themselves, but metadata such as recipient, creation time, or linked content would not be.

Screenshots of the feature Screenshots of the feature Screenshots of the feature
Screenshots of the feature

Hopefully, this isn’t the final stage of encrypted DMs because we don’t expect Twitter users to pull $8/mo out of their pockets to access a feature that is freely available on WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal, and iMessage.

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  • Anonymous
  • 03Z
  • 13 May 2023

It's not "even USA", it's more like "only USA".

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  • NeonHD
  • 6Fi
  • 13 May 2023

You lost me at premium reddit

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  • Keen2know
  • yJt
  • 12 May 2023

What's a basic human right acknowledged everywhere or almost everywhere?

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