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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by avodonosov on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:10PM (#16632704)
End-to-end is supported

https://telegram.org/faq#secret-chats

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by nixme on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:23PM (#16632807)
Not for group chats
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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by fooker on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:05AM (#16635364)
How do you even do that for a group chat?
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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by avhon1 on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:04AM (#16635862)
With the Double-Ratchet Algorithm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by fooker on Thursday March 22, 2018 @02:39AM (#16646299)
Nice. After the 3-ballot anonymous voting algorithm, this is my new favorite.
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