[advael]

Gonna give it like two weeks before tech bosses posit that users don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their private messages

[cyost]

Isn't that why they got renamed to "direct" messages basically industry-wide?

[cherioo]

Wow I never made that connection.

[noobface]

Bleak and rings true. The worst origin for speculation turned fact.

[lupire]

Sorry but that's ridiculous. The terms are synonyms, and usage varies by platform. Neither one gives you more privacy.