Twitter DMs are the private communications users have with one another — and a repository of potentially sensitive correspondence for users.
Twitter DMs are the private communications users have with one another — and the repository of potentially sensitive correspondence for millions of users.
It’s “no different than trusting Alex Jones with our DMs,” comedian Kathy Griffin told The Post. The funny lady — who has 2 million followers — has tussled with Musk since he took over the platform. She wasTwitter’s direct messages have never been encrypted and have always been vulnerable to hacking and bad actors within the company, but experts say the mass layoffs at Twitter have left things particularly vulnerable.
“If you continue to use Twitter direct messages for personal or sensitive communications, understand that Elon Musk or, for that matter, any other Twitter insider with sufficient authority can read them. This is because such messages are not end-to-end encrypted, unlike a number of other easy-to-use applications,” said Bryan Cunningham of the UC Irvine Cybersecurity and Policy Institute.
Twitter direct messages can be deleted only if every party in the chat agrees to do so and even then, it’s unclear whether or for how long the data remains stored on its servers.Twitter security around direct messages has been a problem for the platform long before Musk took the helm.
Twitter security around direct messages has been a problem for the platform long before Musk took the helm. In 2018 Twitter admitted that a bug has caused an undisclosed number of Direct Messages
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