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Mastodon will get end-to-end encryption for private messages thanks to Sovereign Tech Agency
(blog.joinmastodon.org)
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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I don't think you can claim there's a "lack of privacy" when things that are intended to be public...are made public.
Direct messages aren't intended to be public
...they aren't public.
As I said here, both the admin of the sending and receiving instances are able to view direct messages. If DMs are encrypted that's no longer a concern, which is why in my comment starting this thread I said this news was good.