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Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security


Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X's Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing

As a result, some are debatingwhether Musk is using the terminology simply as marketing speak, if he misunderstands encryption, or if he used the wrong word — perhaps meaning to say “cryptography” instead. Image Credits: X post by Samson Mow (opens in a new window) The X owner has oftenspoken of wanting to make X’s DMs a challenger to encrypted platforms like Signal and iMessage. In addition, Musk shared on X that XChat users can now make audio and video calls without a phone number across all platforms.

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