After making an announcement on Twitter, Elon Musk-owned Twitter has started rolling out its long-promised and most awaited feature, encrypted direct messaging.

While the feature has been available on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, Twitter encrypted DMs come with limitations that may not appeal to privacy-conscious users.

The Limitations With Twitter’s Encrypted DMs
While it’s still unclear if Twitter’s encryption feature will be part of the microblogging platform’s growing list of features exclusively available for checkmarked users or if this just for the early rollout, there are several significant limitations to the tool.

For example, in order to send and receive encrypted messages, both sender and recipient should be verified Twitter users or affiliated to a “verified organisation”.

The new feature also lacks support for group messages and or any media other than links.

Apart from this, Twitter also does not provide a separate reporting option for encrypted messages. So if you wish to report any conversation with a Twitter user, you will need to report those issues with the conversation participant separately.As of now, Twitter only allows a maximum of ten devices per user for encrypted messages. Once users reach the limit, they will not be able to send and receive encrypted messages on any new devices that are logged into Twitter.How To Send An Encrypted DMs On Twitter
“Sending an encrypted message is similar to sending a regular unencrypted message,” Twitter said.

If you are already an eligible user on Twitter, you will be able to send encrypted messages.

To Enable Encrypted Mode:

• Selecting an eligible recipient
• Compose a message
• Clicking on ‘send’ will send an encrypted message

Alternatively, you can also send an encrypted message through the conversation settings page of an unencrypted conversation.

• Tap into an unencrypted conversation from inbox
• Tap on the information icon
• Select “Start an encrypted message”