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Twitter’s encrypted DMs are here — but only for verified users
Twitter is beginning to roll out its long-promised encrypted direct messaging feature. However, the initial rollout comes with some major limitations that could make it less than ideal for privacy-conscious Twitter users.
Of note, the feature is currently only available to verified Twitter users, which includes Twitter Blue subscribers and those part of a “Verified Organization.” It’s not clear if this is just for the early rollout or if encryption will be added to the growing list of exclusive features for users with a checkmark. For now, an encrypted chat requires both users to be verified, according to the company.
There are also some significant limitations to the feature itself. It doesn’t support group messages, or any kind of media other than links. The company also doesn’t allow users to report an encrypted message directly, advising on a help page that users should report accounts separately if they “encounter an issue with an encrypted conversation participant.”
Finally, the level of encryption appears to be less secure than what other apps offer. For one, message metadata is not encrypted. Furthermore, Twitter notes that “currently, we do not offer protections against man-in-the-middle attacks” and suggests that the company itself is still able to access encrypted DMs without the participants knowing. “If someone–for example, a malicious insider, or Twitter itself as a result of a compulsory legal process—were to compromise an encrypted conversation, neither the sender or receiver would know,” the company explains on a help page. It added that it’s working on improvements that would make such exploits more “difficult.”
That’s particularly notable because it falls far short of the standard Twitter owner Elon Musk has described when expressing his desire to add encryption for Twitter DMs. He has said he wants it to be impossible for the company to access users’ encrypted messages even if “someone puts a gun to our heads.”
In a tweet, Twitter security engineer Christopher Stanley acknowledged the shortcoming. “We’re not quite there yet, but we’re working on it.”
For those who are verified and want to try out the feature anyway, encrypted messaging can be accessed via the info menu (that’s the same menu you use to block or report a conversation) within a particular DM. Once encryption is enabled, the encrypted messages will appear as a separate message thread with labels at the top of the chat to indicate that the conversation is encrypted.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/twitters-encrypted-dms-are-here–but-only-for-verified-users-234934842.html?src=rss
Twitter upgrades DM replies, Musk claims encrypted DMs launch on Wednesday
Twitter is making some big changes to direct messages and expects to introduce encrypted DMs on Wednesday, according to Tuesday evening tweets from the company and owner Elon Musk.
Let’s start first with the immediate changes. As detailed in a tweet from the company’s support account, you can now reply to specific messages (which work like the in-line replies you might be familiar with in iMessage) and react to messages with any reaction instead of a limited few. I just downloaded the iOS app to my phone and both features were there. You can access them by pressing and holding on a specific message.
We’re excited to launch two new features in Direct Messages today!
Introducing DM Replies! You can now reply to any message you receive…
Porn star Mia Khalifa exposes OnlyFans DMs where she ‘degrades men who ask for nudes’
FORMER porn star Mia Khalifa has exposed her OnlyFans messages where she “degrades men who ask for nudes”.
Mia had faced criticism for not posing naked on her account despite previously appearing in porn.
Mia posts photos and images to her subscribers on OnlyFans for £10 ($12.99) a month.
And she’s slammed users who complain she doesn’t show enough flesh on the site.
A fan messaged her asking for a link to the account she set up to “degrade men who get upset with her for not posting nudes on OnlyFans”.
It read: “I know I’ve seen it before but can’t find it.”
After reposting the tweet, Mia added: “It was an IG [Instagram] and IG deleted it. Do we bring back LiveFromMyOF?”
The comments reveal one man asking to see Mia without any underwear.
Mia slaps back, saying: “Can you show me what scum raised such pathetic scum? Please.”
After posting the exchange on Instagram, a cascade of similar comebacks followed.
Another depraved message read: “Let’s see you get naked and getting f****d already”.
In a savage response, Mia replied: “Let’s see you fall asleep in a pile of rubble, bulldozed onto a dump tuck, and dropped into a landfill already”.
Mia entered the porn industry in 2014 and became the most-viewed performer in just two months.
The model more recently stunned her UK fans when she braved the cold in polka dot swimwear on a British seaside – thought to be Whitstable, Kent.
Back stateside, Mia sizzled in a spongebob bikini whilst lounging in an Instagram post in the desert city Palm Springs, California.
The model responded to the requests with a series of savage responses[/caption]
Elon Musk tweets, then deletes DMs from Matt Taibbi over his Substack snit
Elon Musk and one of his “Twitter Files” writers, Matt Taibbi, don’t seem to be on great terms right now, and that situation probably isn’t getting any better after Musk posted then deleted a DM conversation between the two of them.
Let me try to recap how we got to this point. I’m warning you now that it’s a bit of a mess.
- Taibbi, given access to Twitter information from Musk, published the first of many editions of the so-called “Twitter Files” that Musk believed would be a shocking exposé of former leadership.
- Taibbi also publishes Racket News, a Substack-based publication with more than 362,000 subscribers.
- On Wednesday, Substack announced a Twitter-like product called “Notes.”
- Late in the week, Twitter started restricting tweets…
I’m a female electrician – I get disgusting DMs from trolls but I don’t care I love my job
AN IMPATIENT female electrician has slammed disgusting trolls for sliding into her DMs when she posts about her job.
Elise Walter, who works as an apprentice on the national rail system, shared some gross messages from her admirers, but they won’t bring her down.
Commenters encouraged her to keep posting her work and said they found it interesting[/caption]
The blue-collar belle regularly posts about her work as a hopeful electrician, and tons of viewers find it incredibly interesting.
However, something the comments can go too far.
In the video highlighting the desperate DMs, she showed how some followers want more than a behind-the-scenes look at splicing wires.
One fan messaged her multiple times, begging to take the TikToker out despite never getting a reply.
Others continued to respond to her Instagram stories with expectant emojis that indicate they don’t want to just be friends.
Another follower commented “sexy” and “wow” at her behind the scene footage working on the railroad.
“Why you not answering… I will not eat you,” someone else commented to unsurprising silence.
Unfortunately according to her caption, all of these weren’t even the worst of the comments she’s received.
“Disgusting behaviour,” she captioned the post.
Luckily, there were some good eggs in her over 26,000 followers on TikTok who commented some encouragement to fight back the thirstiness.
One person told her, “You make me happy” because they too were working as an electrical apprentice.
“They need to grow up,” another enraged fan said.
A third person commented: “wow…. that’s proper creepy.”
“The first bloke weren’t weird was he?” one curious fan said, referencing a user who continually asked her out on a date.
But the female electrician countered, “Well not as weird as the rest no but I get this sort of stuff all the time and it’s not tinder… it’s insta.”
Despite the hate, she continues to advocate for the job and post her behind the scenes footage.
Elise also boasts 69,000 followers on her Instagram and actively encourages other women to get into the traditionally male dominated industry.
Writing in a post in May she said: “I’m over the moon with the support and kindness my colleagues have shown me.
“If any girls do come across this post, If you’re considering a trade, GO FOR IT! Do not listen to any negativity!
“Believe in yourself and if you need any advice, just message me! I’ll support each one of you! I’m seeing more and more girls coming into the trade.
“I was so close to giving up on my electrical journey many times but I’ve kept pushing and honestly, it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
22 Ridiculous Tables From the 1979 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons DM’s Guide
Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, really wanted to get his money’s worth when it came to the various dice used to play the game. That’s the only possible explanation for the overwhelming number of tables inside the AD&D 1st Edition of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Gygax wanted players to roll for practically …
Report: ‘DM me’: 60% of U.S. customers prefer businesses to communicate via text and DMs
Twitter is making DMs encrypted and adding video, voice chat, per Elon Musk
Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, has been public about his desire to improve how the social network’s direct messages work. In a meeting with employees today, he spelled out exactly what that looks like.
Framed by presentation slides titled “Twitter 2.0” at Twitter’s San Fransisco headquarters on Monday, Musk told employees that the company would encrypt DMs and work to add encrypted video and voice calling between accounts, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The Verge.
“We want to enable users to be able to communicate without being concerned about their privacy, [or] without being concerned about a data breach at Twitter causing all of their DMs to hit the web, or think that maybe someone at Twitter could be spying on…
Twitter seems to be working on end-to-end encryption for DMs again
Things aren’t exactly going smoothly at Twitter under Elon Musk’s chaotic stewardship, to put it mildly. But although reports suggest that engineers have been prohibited from deploying non-critical features and products, the company is working on a few updates. One of those is an attempt to salvage the Twitter Blue “verification” catastrophe. Another project that appears to be in the works is end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages.
As spotted by researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter’s Android app includes code indicating that E2EE is on the way for DMs. Musk added fuel to the fire by replying to Wong’s tweet with a winking emoji — a strong indicator that E2EE is indeed in development for direct messages. We’ve contacted Twitter for confirmation, but Musk has dismantled the communications team.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2022
Soon after Musk made a formal offer to buy Twitter in April, he wrote that “Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages,” so E2EE is clearly a subject that’s of interest to him. This wouldn’t be the first time that Twitter has looked into E2EE for direct messages, either. The company tested encrypted messaging in 2018, but that version of the feature never saw the light of day.