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Jess Weatherbed
Twitter may resurrect end-to-end message encryption.

At least according to this code dug up by reputable app researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong. Twitter had previously worked on direct message encryption, though the project was shelved without explanation. Elon Musk has said that he wants Twitter DMs to “superset Signal,” and seemingly confirms Wong’s discovery via his usual emoji-only response.

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