Depending on how your Twitter settings are configured, strangers you don't follow may be allowed to DM you. This setting allows for a lot of potential spam and ...

Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The DMs you send to friends and Internet strangers aren’t end-to-end encrypted, making your conversations potentially accessible if ...

You’ll have to be a Twitter Blue verified user, a verified organization, or an affiliate to send an encrypted DM. You’ll have to be a Twitter Blue verified user, a verified organization, or an ...

Most messaging services use E2E encryption. This includes iMessage, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Signal, Viber – as well as Telegram and Facebook Messenger if you switch on the Secret Chat/Messages option. E2E ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Twitter users should delete their direct messages (DMs) now ...

Elon Musk's long-promised launch of encrypted direct messages on Twitter has arrived. Like most attempts to add end-to-end encryption to a massive existing platform—never an easy proposition—there's ...