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Twitter launches 'XChat' encrypted DMs with big caveats • The Register

www.theregister.com Twitter launches 'XChat' encrypted DMs with big caveats

: Musk's 'Bitcoin-style encryption' claim has experts scratching their heads

Twitter launches 'XChat' encrypted DMs with big caveats

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X's new 'encrypted' XChat feature seems no more secure than the failure that came before it

www.theregister.com /2025/06/03/xs_new_encrypted_xchat_feature/

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X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any more secure

www.theregister.com /2025/06/03/xs_new_encrypted_xchat_feature/

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"This is built on Rust with (Bitcoin style) encryption, whole new architecture," Musk added. And here's where the skeptics and cryptocurrency fans in the digital town square pounced: There ain't no encryption on the Bitcoin blockchain.