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’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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These days, if I see I have a new Twitter DM, it’s almost guaranteed to be spam. The company clearly knows this is an issue, as they’ve rolled out a “fix” to reduce the amount of bogus messages ...

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 is getting an upgrade soon, and this was something that Mr. Tweet reacted to in the social media which centers on the direct messaging feature of the platform. There is a poll that asks the ...

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 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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Armie Hammer found himself at the center of a bizarre Twitter storm today after alleged DMs were leaked online. The unverified private messages are not confirmed to belong to the Call Me By Your Name ...