Twitter Now Offers Encrypted DMs, but Not Everyone Can Send Them

Twitter on Wednesday introduced a new feature encrypting some direct messages between its users.

But there are limitations to the plan.

And some cybersecurity experts have criticized the feature itself.

“Verified” no longer means what it once did on Twitter.

Why would you want encrypted DMs?

Twitter has faced privacy issues in the past.

How do you send an encrypted Twitter DM?

An icon of a lock will show up on the avatar of the user receiving the message.

And they can’t be reported to Twitter if they’re threatening or otherwise problematic.

“Twitter folks, seriously.

I left some design docs somewhere.

just use them,“Kissner said, according toCNN Business.

Even Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk himself seemed wary of the new feature.

“Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched,“Musk tweeted on Thursday.

“Try it, but don’t trust it yet.”