I just read this post https://lemmy.world/post/1041399 And I wonder if messages here are end to end encrypted, or readable by admins or semi- public like voting? Thanks

  • TiffyBelle@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They are not secure, as it states when you try to DM someone:

    This is the same as any other DM service on any site that isn’t end-to-end encrypted, which are the majority. Nothing sensitive should ever be shared via DM.

    • wildbus8979
      1·
      1 year ago

      Fun fact, Twitter had actually bought out Moxie Marlinspike’s “Whisper Systems” to have him ads e2e DMs. Which he did. And then they never rolled it out (probably due to three letter agency’s pressure).

    • Dodecahedron December
      1·
      1 year ago

      A good rule is to assume all messages on the internet, even those sent end to end encrypted as being in the open. While breaking end to end encryption is difficult if not impossible for the average user, government bodies have much more capable systems. It was revealed a while ago that the US stores all encrypted traffic it seems cross the border “just in case” it ever needs to decrypt that traffic to solve an investigation.

      Truly, the only real form of secure communication is via face to face private conversations irl.