diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
index c7a2c9373..0fed78158 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ class ThreadItem {
 		if($item['author']['xchan_network'] === 'rss')
 			$shareable = true;
 
+		$privacy_warning = false;
+		if($item['owner']['xchan_network'] === 'activitypub')
+			$privacy_warning = true;
 
 		$mode = $conv->get_mode();
 
@@ -370,6 +373,7 @@ class ThreadItem {
 			'editedtime' => (($item['edited'] != $item['created']) ? sprintf( t('last edited: %s'), datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $item['edited'], 'r')) : ''),
 			'expiretime' => (($item['expires'] > NULL_DATE) ? sprintf( t('Expires: %s'), datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $item['expires'], 'r')):''),
 			'lock' => $lock,
+			'privacy_warning' => $privacy_warning,
 			'verified' => $verified,
 			'unverified' => $unverified,
 			'forged' => $forged,
diff --git a/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl b/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
index f72737d82..6baf06dda 100755
--- a/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/conv_item.tpl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 					</div>
 					{{if $item.lock}}
 					<div class="wall-item-lock dropdown">
-						<i class="fa fa-lock lockview" data-toggle="dropdown" title="{{$item.lock}}" onclick="lockview('item',{{$item.id}});" ></i>&nbsp;
+						<i class="fa fa-lock lockview{{if $item.privacy_warning}} text-danger{{/if}}" data-toggle="dropdown" title="{{$item.lock}}" onclick="lockview('item',{{$item.id}});" ></i>&nbsp;
 						<div id="panel-{{$item.id}}" class="dropdown-menu"></div>
 					</div>
 					{{/if}}