Social network X said on Thursday that it is pausing its encrypted DMs feature as it works to make some improvements.
In a post on X, the company’s engineering account said users will be able to access their existing encrypted messages, but they won’t be able to send new ones. It did not mention when the feature will be available again.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter, he announced ambitious plans to overhaul direct messages and compete with privacy-focused messaging service Signal.
The company rolled out the encrypted DMs feature in 2023 for verified users, but it comes with several drawbacks. For instance, the feature isn’t available for group chats, and only supports encryption for text and links, not media. It also does not offer protections against man-in-the-middle attacks, and your encrypted conversations do not carry over to new devices.
