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> As new users set up their accounts and start using Mastodon, they realize that some things work differently than on Twitter ... DMs are complicated, and there are concerns about their security.
Isn't the security model for Mastodon DMs the same as Twitter?
If, on Mastodon, you make a DM between you and someone else, then you @ a third user in that DM, then the third user becomes able to see that DM. At least that's what I heard a few weeks ago.
This is because DMs are, regrettably, just normal posts with default visibility of two people. If you @ more people, then they gain visibility into the DM.
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Hmm, okay yeah I could see that being surprising to people who don't know about it.
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