diff --git a/lib/src/message.dart b/lib/src/message.dart
index a02cfcd..b142a94 100644
--- a/lib/src/message.dart
+++ b/lib/src/message.dart
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Message {
     switch (type) {
       case "EVENT":
         message = Event.deserialize(data);
+        // ignore: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
         if (message.kind == 4) message = EncryptedDirectMessage(message);
         break;
       case "OK":
diff --git a/lib/src/nips/nip_004.dart b/lib/src/nips/nip_004.dart
index aec1fc4..e0f777a 100644
--- a/lib/src/nips/nip_004.dart
+++ b/lib/src/nips/nip_004.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ import 'package:nostr/src/utils.dart';
 /// tags MAY contain an entry identifying the previous message in a conversation or a message we are explicitly replying to (such that contextual, more organized conversations may happen), in the form ["e", "event_id"].
 ///
 /// Note: By default in the libsecp256k1 ECDH implementation, the secret is the SHA256 hash of the shared point (both X and Y coordinates). In Nostr, only the X coordinate of the shared point is used as the secret and it is NOT hashed. If using libsecp256k1, a custom function that copies the X coordinate must be passed as the hashfp argument in secp256k1_ecdh.
+///
+/// NIP-04 considered harmful, READ: https://github.com/ethicnology/dart-nostr/issues/15 and https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/107
+@Deprecated(
+  """
+    NIP-04 a.k.a EncryptedDirectMessage is controversial, please READ: 
+    - https://github.com/ethicnology/dart-nostr/issues/15
+    - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/107
+  """,
+)
 class EncryptedDirectMessage extends Event {
   /// Default constructor
   EncryptedDirectMessage(Event event, {verify = true})
diff --git a/test/nips/nip_004_test.dart b/test/nips/nip_004_test.dart
index 720a005..540f1d4 100644
--- a/test/nips/nip_004_test.dart
+++ b/test/nips/nip_004_test.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// ignore_for_file: deprecated_member_use_from_same_package
+
 import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';