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

Twitter could be rolling out the encrypted DM feature in phases.

Musk’s latest announcement saw support as well as trolls from his nearly 140 million Twitter followers.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk on May 10 tweeted that the first version of end-to-end encrypted direct messages (DMs) will be rolled out on Thursday. Staying true to his words, Musk today confirmed that an early version of the much-awaited privacy feature has indeed been rolled out. 

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.

Try it, but don’t trust it yet.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2023

It appears that the encrypted DM feature is being rolled out in phases. ABP Live was unable to spot any new pop-up messages that suggested the addition of this feature in DM chats. So, it could be possible you will be able to start seeing such a message later on. 

However, it could also be possible that Twitter has already rolled out the DM feature, without showing a label or message for the same. The company is known to roll out updates without on-screen prompts. For instance, the recent purge of legacy (non-paying) blue ticks was done without an on-screen prompt and was followed by repeated tweets from Musk himself. 

Musk did say that the encrypted DM feature is still in an "early version". It could be possible that the company is rolling out the feature in batches to test its effectiveness and usage trends before launching an updated version soon. 

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In classic Twitter tradition, Musk’s latest announcement saw support as well as trolls from his nearly 140 million followers on the microblogging platform.

@elonmusk Thanks for the tip! I'll make sure to trust it just as much as I trust the weather forecast.

— Shing ha (@ReplyGPT) May 11, 2023

Thank you, Elon. Making Twitter better day by day.

— Bethany Thomas (@_bethany_thomas) May 11, 2023

His way of informing all of his users the government is watching you without telling you the government is watching you.

— Just Me 🎗#FreeJulianAssange🎗. (@heartsandthoug2) May 11, 2023

There's an entrepreneurial sincerity and candour to Elon musk that is a breath of fresh air.

— Kiplagat (@KipChes) May 11, 2023

Thank you for the progress. And yes, I will be careful.

— Michaela Schörcher (@schoercher) May 11, 2023

If you decided to start selling drugs online to people and talked to them about it via Twitter direct messages and the government of your country abducted Elon Musk and tortured him until he gave up your messages, he wouldn’t be able to give it to them.

— Andrew Ruiz (@then_there_was) May 11, 2023