[nnopepe]

mastodons biggest shortcoming remains the lack of e2e encrypted DM's. Giving volunteer internet janitors access to your private messages is a recipe for disaster

[VectorLock]

The internet is awash in encrypted private messaging systems, why does Mastodon need one too?

[stevage]

Because of the friction starting a public convo, going to DM, then negotiating which private messaging system to then switch to again. Most people won't bother.

[Karunamon]

Having person-to-person messages be unencrypted is irresponsible in 2022, the same way offering a web service for public consumption without TLS is. Encryption should be the default and the user should not have to even consider the threat of their messages being read by unauthorized parties.

[pavlov]

Agreed. IMO the Mastodon DM system doesn’t need to do much more than to enable: “Here’s my handle on messaging service X, let’s continue there.”

[yogthos]

There are plenty of actual chat apps out there like Signal or Matrix that you should be using for this sort of thing. Neither Twitter or Mastodon are the right tool for this.