Twitter seems to be working on end-to-end encryption for DMs again

[Joystiq]

Things aren't exactly going smoothly at Twitter under Elon Musk's chaotic stewardship, to put it mildly. But although

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that engineers have been prohibited from deploying non-critical features and products, the company is working on a few updates. One of those is

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to salvage the

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. Another project that appears to be in the works is end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for

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.

As

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by researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter's Android app includes code indicating that E2EE is on the way for DMs. Musk added fuel to the fire by

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to Wong's tweet with a winking emoji — a strong indicator that

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is indeed in development for direct messages. We've contacted Twitter for confirmation, but Musk has dismantled the communications team.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

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Soon after Musk

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to buy Twitter in April, he

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that "Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like

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, so no one can spy on or hack your messages," so E2EE is clearly a subject that's of interest to him. This wouldn't be the first time that Twitter has looked into E2EE for direct messages, either. The company

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, but that version of the feature never saw the light of day.

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