Twitter released its encrypted messaging feature, which is only available for verified accounts and works with one-on-one messaging.

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Twitter Launches Encrypted Messaging Feature

Twitter finally releasing its encrypted messages feature a pretty big move for the company. But there are some limitations. The feature currently only available for verified account, that means you have to be a Twitter blue subscriber. And the tool also only works with one on one messaging, no group chats while the recipient has to follow the sender of a message in order for the encryption to work. And it can also be enabled if the user has previously chatted with the sender or accepted ad M request, users can turn on the encryption feature by clicking a switch on the chat screen and you'll also see a message saying that messages are encrypted at the top of the screen. But make sure you know all the information before using the feature because some critics have doubted how secure it actually is. Twitter said in a blog post about the feature, it's deploying a combination of strong cryptographic schemes and says it will describe the technology in depth later this year. So more to come.