In that case don't use Tiktok dm's to discuss your sexuality. I think it is strange that people feel like they have to be able to talk on sensitive topics over every interface they can get their hands on.
replySimilarly in "traditional" media you may not want to discuss such private conversation on a radio broadcast. Perhaps you would rather discuss it on the phone or over snail mail as there is more of an expectation of privacy on those medium.
Right, but it currently isn't a sensitive topic - homosexuality is, as of 2026, broadly legal in the United States. That's a relatively new state of affairs, historically speaking, and one which Afghanistan shared as recently as 2021.
replyI'm commenting in the context of the conversation, not in a vacuum. You could just as (in fact, much more) easily say that children shouldn't be on apps with private messaging enabled. That would help a lot more, and then we could keep e2ee.
reply> there is more of an expectation of privacy on those medium
replyWhat does the "p" in "pm" stand for?
excuse me, I confused "Private messages" (pm) for "Direct messages" (dm).
replyI will update above
I don't think you confused anything, except for the terminology the platform uses. There is an obvious expectation of privacy when sending direct messages!
replyHasn't been true ANYTIME IN HISTORY. Hell it was well understood even by children that no conversation you had on the telephone was truly private. That's why cyphers were invented.
replyit stands for "not a public timeline post"
replyIt should be obvious from how contrived your wording is that nobody thinks of them this way.
replyThis is fine if you have TLS encryption and the platform is not local.
replySure, they can fabricate some evidence and get access to your messages, in which case, valid point.