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Re:Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% by richthegeek on Saturday November 02, 2019 @05:09AM (#21426644)
Are you saying that when you log into Telegram on a new phone it downloads the chat logs from somewhere? And that this only requires a short password?

At best this'd mean the logs are encrypted using the password as the key...

Are you sure the user isn't copying anything between devices? Chat logs and a keyfile maybe?

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Re:Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday November 02, 2019 @05:34AM (#21426718)
Well that DO have an optional 2factor auth, and yes, they definitely DON'T copy any keys between devices (like WhatsApp does when launching a web version).
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