Twitter has been exploring the possibility of encrypting direct message data since well before Musk’s takeover, to the point of reaching the prototype stage in 2018. The project appears to have stalled there, at least as far as pre-Musk Twitter leadership goes. Twitter encryption seems to have gotten a jump from Musk, however.
Developer Jane Manchun Wong spotted the basic code structure for end-to-end encryption in November 2022. Wong tagged Musk at the time, who responded with a winking emoji. He has since confirmed that Twitter plans to roll out encrypted DMs sometime in March 2023.
Twitter is bringing back end-to-end encrypted DMs
Seeing signs of the feature being worked on in Twitter for Android: https://t.co/YtOPHH3ntD pic.twitter.com/5VODYt3ChK
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 16, 2022
Though Musk has said the company is “aiming” to roll out encrypted messaging this month, it’s possible we’ll see that timeline pushed further out. Twitter is notoriously running on only a fraction of the staff it once had due to massive layoffs and a general employee exodus following Musk’s acquisition in late October. The rapid reduction in headcount has reportedly left many teams gutted while remaining employees face long work hours in an effort to meet Musk’s ambitious, if not inhumane, deadlines for projects and changes.
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