“Early access” currently but I don’t pay for X or anything and it’s there for me. This comes after X were criticised and had all sorts of “backdoor” conspiracy theories being pushed after they took their private encrypted DMs offline the other day to add improvements.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    1 month ago

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-rolls-out-encryption-for-direct-messages-but-with-key-limitations/

    Twitter rolls out encryption for direct messages but with key limitations

    Both the sender and recipient must be verified, while group conversations and attached media aren’t supported by the encryption.

    For an existing chat, tap the Info icon. If the option is available, you’ll see a button for Start an encrypted message that you can just click. For a new chat, turn on the switch to enable encrypted mode. Write your message, and then send it.

    So what is the difference between what they’re rolling out and what they added in 2023? Support for more users, maybe? Support for non-verified users?

    EDIT: Apparently it had been disabled earlier this week?

    https://www.theverge.com/news/676171/xs-encrypted-dms-are-being-put-on-pause

    This article implies that it was to address some of the limitations, though isn’t explicit about what if anything here is being addressed:

    According to the document, encrypted DMs are only available if you are a verified user (somebody who pays for Twitter Blue), a verified organization (an organization that pays $1,000 per month), or an affiliate of a verified organization (which costs $50 per month per person). Both the sender and recipient must be on the latest version of the Twitter app (on mobile and web). And an encrypted DM recipient must follow the sender, have sent a message to the sender in the past, or accept a DM request from the sender at some point.