A new feature is available from latest twister repository (both twister-core 0.9.26 and twister-html must be updated), it is called “Direct Message copy-to-self”.
DM’s copy-to-self will allow users to safely store the private messages they send and also sync these messages between twister instances.
Originally, the sent DMs were discarded, only a local copy were kept in order maintain the user interface sane… However, if one erases his own local twister directory, the sent DMs are lost. Only the recipient would be able to decrypt them back from torrent.
The new idea, which was suggested and partially implemented by @denis (github @dryabov) fixes this by sending two copies of the message: one is encrypted with recipient’s public key and another one is encrypted with our own public key. Because the encrypted data preserved by twister network, it may be recovered later.
For users who want to revert to old behavior should just go to options page and disable “Direct Message’s copy to self”.
Great