Not safe at all because it was not designed to be, it even tells you as much. Use them to exchange e2ee contacts and then use that.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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- It is not unsafe.
- It is not 100% private. Admins can read your messages if they choose to investigate your messages.
- It will not get blasted out to the whole fediverse; just to the recipient you indicated. (Unless an admin from the previous point reads your message and publishes it publicly on the fediverse)
- You do not get to do anything naughty with it; expect to be caught if you break the rules.
DMs are basically comments without a post and only one regular user can see it. No encryption, and it can be viewed by admins. (Private message reporting is a thing)