Elon Musk now wants to make Twitter DMs end-to-end encrypted like Signal
2 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk now wants to make Twitter DMs end-to-end encrypted like Signal

India Today  

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not stopped tweeting ever since he took over Twitter. There are a few positive changes that Musk has said that he wants to make to the micro-blogging site and one of them could be the end-to-end encryption of Twitter DMs. Musk wants Twitter DMs to have end-to-end encryption so that no one can spy on your Twitter messages. Musk wants Twitter DMs to have end-to-end encryption like Signal. “Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages,” Musk tweeted on Thursday.

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Elon Musk Steps Down As Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino In Talks To Take Over Top Job
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk Steps Down As Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino In Talks To Take Over Top Job

ABP News  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that he has hired a new person for the top post. My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops,” Elon Musk said in a tweet. — Elon Musk May 11, 2023 Last year in December, Musk said that he would step aside as CEO once he …

Secure messaging arrives on Twitter - sort of. 'Don't trust it yet,' Musk warns
1 year, 7 months ago

Secure messaging arrives on Twitter - sort of. 'Don't trust it yet,' Musk warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Twitter also doesn't offer any way to report encrypted …

Elon Musk Rolls Out Encrypted DMs On Twitter, But Asks Users Not To 'Trust It Yet'
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk Rolls Out Encrypted DMs On Twitter, But Asks Users Not To 'Trust It Yet'

ABP News  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on May 10 tweeted that the first version of end-to-end encrypted direct messages will be rolled out on Thursday. However, in his now-signature eccentric style, he followed the announcement up with advice to users, “Try it, but don’t trust it yet.” Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched. — Elon Musk May 11, 2023 It …

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp
55 years ago

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp

Wired  

Elon Musk's long-promised launch of encrypted direct messages on Twitter has arrived. Yesterday night, Twitter announced the release of encrypted direct messages, a feature that Musk had assured users was coming from his very first days running the company. In fact, the company appears to have stopped short of calling the feature "end-to-end" encrypted, the term that would mean only …

Elon Musk announces Twitter encrypted direct messages; voice and video chat coming soon
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk announces Twitter encrypted direct messages; voice and video chat coming soon

The Hindu  

Elon Musk has announced several new features that users of the latest Twitter app will be able to experience, including the first version of encrypted direct messages, and voice/video chat. Encrypted direct messages are slated for release on Thursday and Musk promised they would improve “rapidly.” “The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there …

Twitter soon to have audio, video features, says CEO Elon Musk
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter soon to have audio, video features, says CEO Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed details about new features including adding calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform. Last year, Musk flagged plans for "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App", which he said would have features such as encrypted direct messages, longform tweets and payments. "Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle …

Twitter DMs to be encrypted so that even Elon Musk is not be able to read your messages
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter DMs to be encrypted so that even Elon Musk is not be able to read your messages

India Today  

Twitter messages will become more secure as the company announced new features including encrypted messaging and other updates on Tuesday. Significantly, Musk announced plans for "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App" last year. Voice and video calls option on Twitter Musk also revealed that Twitter is developing a new feature that will allow users to make voice and video calls on …

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them
2 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINED | Can Twitter DMs Be Hacked And Do We Need Encryption For Them

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social media platforms are vulnerable to hacking and cyber-attacks and Twitter is no exception, and perhaps that's why tech billionaire Elon Musk, who recently bought the micro-blogging platform, has suggested that Twitter DMs should be end-to-end-encrypted so that the conversations can't be snooped upon. Whether Twitter DMs should be encrypted, has been a matter of debate with the …

End-To-End Encryption For Twitter DMs To 'Maximum Fun': Elon Musk Is Tweeting Away His Twitter Plans
2 years, 8 months ago

End-To-End Encryption For Twitter DMs To 'Maximum Fun': Elon Musk Is Tweeting Away His Twitter Plans

ABP News  

New Delhi: Elon Musk believes Twitter has "extraordinary potential", and the world's richest man has made it clear that he wants to change the way he thinks the social media platform functions and is perceived as. Picking up from where he left off, Musk tweeted early Thursday: "For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively …

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption On Messenger Voice and Video Calls

News 18  

Facebook had earlier this month said that it will roll out end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs will soon get end-to-end encryption, in a bid to improve security on the said platforms. “We’ll also kick off a limited test with adults in certain countries that lets them opt-in to end-to-end encrypted messages and calls for one-on-one conversations on …

Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?
4 years, 1 month ago

Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?

Wired  

Last week, with little fanfare, Google announced a change that could soon make its 2 billion Android users worldwide far harder to surveil: The tech giant says it's rolling out a beta version of its Android messaging app that will now use end-to-end encryption by default. You might already know Signal thanks to the popular end-to-end encrypted text messaging app …

Facebook investors urged to vote against the end-to-end encryption plans
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook investors urged to vote against the end-to-end encryption plans

Daily Mail  

Social media giant Facebook has been urged to scrap plans for 'end-to-end encryption' over fears it will make grooming impossible to track. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a balance to be found between privacy from end-to-end encryption and protecting people. In a 2019 blog post Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there was a …

Facebook is requested not to use encrypted messages as it does not let officials peek
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook is requested not to use encrypted messages as it does not let officials peek

Firstpost  

This request is made to Facebook so that law enforcement could see the content if such needs arise. “We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services… without including a means for lawful access to the content of communications to protect our citizens,” said a copy of the …

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