# How can a group have end-to-end encryption

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** encrypt
**Created:** [July 16, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903 "2023-07-16T14:24:56Z")
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### Author: ![Iulian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iulian/32/114416_2.png) [@Iulian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iulian)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/1 "2023-07-16T14:24:56Z")

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How can a group of people have end-to-end encrypted conversations?

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/2 "2023-07-17T07:18:43Z")

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> [@Iulian](#):
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> How can a group of people have end-to-end encrypted conversations?

Discourse Encrypt supports encrypted group messages. 👍 Simply add your recipients to a PM and select the Encrypted option.

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### Author: ![Iulian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iulian/32/114416_2.png) [@Iulian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iulian)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/3 "2023-07-17T07:40:09Z")

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1. I’d like to encrypt an entire community.  
How are we going to do this?
2. Where can I sense instructions on how to exchange private messages?

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/4 "2023-07-17T07:54:17Z")

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I believe it’s only possible to use Encrypt on PMs and not topics. You can make your community non-public or restrict access to certain categories by using group-permissions, but your content would not be encrypted.

You can send a PM by clicking on a usercard or user profile and selecting ‘Message’, from your `/u/my/messages` page, or by clicking on the + symbol next to Messages in your sidebar. The padlock symbol at the top of the composer will allow you to toggle encrypted/unencrypted.

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/5 "2023-08-17T20:56:09Z")

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That’s a wild idea! Why do you want to do that?

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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: [December 23, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/6 "2024-12-23T19:49:10Z")

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Discourse Encrypt has [been deprecated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-encrypt-deprecated/107918) we are no longer tracking issues with the plugin on meta.

To move anything forward here a third party plugin will need to be created and maintained (in a dedicated plugin topic)

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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: [December 23, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-a-group-have-end-to-end-encryption/274903/7 "2024-12-23T19:49:21Z")

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