According to Hong Kong-based security researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter has silently begun working on enabling end-to-end encryption for DMs. In a recent tweet, Wong posted screenshots of code references within Twitter’s Android app indicating that end-to-end encrypted DMs are on the way. Elon Musk replied to Wong’s tweet with a winking smiley — which some people have interpreted as Musk’s confirmation that this feature is indeed on its way. What makes Jane’s tweet important is that she happens to be a well-known analyst with a long history of accurately identifying unreleased app features.
Early prototype of Twitter’s upcoming end-to-end encrypted DMs “Encryption keys†screen: https://t.co/rcnd7h68lO pic.twitter.com/EMXSlI188j
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 16, 2022
More interestingly, we may actually need to thank Jane for this feature. This is because it was Jane herself who asked Musk to revive the end-to-end encryption feature. She made this public request a little less than a week ago, and it seems Musk did take note of her suggestion.
It remains to be seen how long Twitter takes to roll out end-to-end encryption to Twitter DMs. If this does happen in the near future, Twitter’s DM service will be right up there with the likes of WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram — all of which have supported end-to-end encryption on their messaging apps for a while now.
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