Twitter announced new Direct Message-centered features today. More are on the way. According to the statement made by Elon Musk, the long-awaited end-to-end encryption infrastructure for Direct Messages within Twitter is being activated with the “1.0” version as of today. Musk, who said, “I won’t be able to see your DMs even if you put a gun to my head,” is right in this saying. Because thanks to end-to-end encryption, even Twitter engineers will be prevented from seeing Direct Messages on the platform.

End-to-end encryption is finally here for Twitter Direct Messages

End-to-end encryption, which is actively used in many messaging applications, encrypts the communication between two sources. It also decrypts the password directly on the device and brings it to the user. In this way, the communication between them cannot be examined by others, so Direct Messages cannot be seen by others. Meanwhile, Twitter now allows the use of all emoji options in the response system in Direct Messages. Previously, only seven different options were offered to users.

Today, it is also possible to reply to each message separately in Direct Messages. “You can now reply to any message you receive as a DM, making conversations more fluid and intuitive,” the company said. Meanwhile, according to Musk, voice, and video chat will soon be available to anyone on this platform. Thus, voice and video communication can be established with people anywhere in the world without giving a phone number.

Twitter had previously come up with an account cleaning. Elon Musk, who made a statement recently, stated that Twitter has started cleaning inactive old accounts. In this context, he said that some old usernames were released. “We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years,” Musk said through his own account, and also said, “so you will probably see follower count drop” Musk did not make a statement about how users can obtain these old usernames other than by creating a new account.