Earlier this year, X launched a new generation of its messaging system known as X Chat. The messaging system has gained attention, partly due to the high claims made by Elon Musk, who stated that because of its "full encryption," he would not be able to read X Chat messages "even with a gun to his head".

However, of the newly adopted protocols reveals that the security measures are far from adequate. After reverse-engineering the X Android application, experts concluded that X Chat does not provide end-to-end encrypted messaging (E2EE). Furthermore, it would require "rather little" effort for a malicious server operator to read user messages.

End-to-end encryption is typically defined as a method where only the participating users can read the plaintext messages, offering protection even

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