Depending on how your Twitter settings are configured, strangers you don't follow may be allowed to DM you. This setting allows for a lot of potential spam and ...

Twitter has introduced a new feature that lets users choose almost any emoji to react to a direct message in a conversation. Previously, the company allowed you to react to only the most recent DM ...

Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The DMs you send to friends and Internet strangers aren’t end-to-end encrypted, making your conversations potentially accessible if ...

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Twitter has again made its platform a little less usable for people who choose not to pay for a Blue subscription. The company has announced that it will soon implement a new rule that puts a limit on ...

Most messaging services use E2E encryption. This includes iMessage, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Signal, Viber – as well as Telegram and Facebook Messenger if you switch on the Secret Chat/Messages option. E2E ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Twitter believes the perpetrators of last week’s unprecedented attack on the ...

Twitter has started rolling out some changes for its Android app that gives people sliding into DMs a more visually appealing interface. The social network's Android app has remained largely the same ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Twitter users should delete their direct messages (DMs) now ...

Twitter for iOS, Android, and web now lets you pin as many as six DMs to the top of your inbox. Until now, the feature was only available to Twitter Blue users who have to hand over a monthly fee of ...