# Encrypted personal messages

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypted-personal-messages/98765>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [October 5, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypted-personal-messages/98765 "2018-10-05T00:03:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encrypted-personal-messages/98765/5 "2018-10-05T06:00:22Z")

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> [@DNSTARS](#):
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> Is it plausible for this project to accommodate group encrypted chat, even if up to a point?

Not for the initial version. Maybe for version 2 or 3, a PM between 20 users should absolutely work for V1.

> [@DNSTARS](#):
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> Would “Force every PM encrypted” option be on the cards?

Yes this is fine as an option. Basically would disallow PM to users that don’t have encryption enabled (but still allow admins to PM them unconditionally). We would need to think this through, but I don’t want to add this to the scope of the spec quite yet.

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