According to a report cited on TechCrunch, Twitter is currently testing a secret, encrypted messaging option that would allow its platform go up against Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp.
TechCrunch quoted developer Jane Manchun Wong, who discovered the feature after diving through Twitter’s Android app. Twitter wouldn’t give the site an official response, but if parts of the system have made their way into the app, clearly testing is at an advanced stage.
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The feature, which would form part of Twitter’s Direct Messages, is currently titled “Secret Conversation,” with users able to view your, and there, encryption keys. That’s pretty much all that’s known about the service right now, but it’s likely that Twitter is thinking about how better protect its users. Not to mention, as the report points out, such a feature was initially requested by Edward Snowden at the end of 2016.
Twitter is coming under the same scrutiny as many other social platforms, all of which need to demonstrate that they can be trusted with your personal data.
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