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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by interestica on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:00PM (#22329814)
Encryption only available for mobile chats, right? And "secret" chats won't be available for the desktop view.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by sorenjan on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:41PM (#22330191)
All chats are encrypted to and from the client, but only secret chats are encrypted end to end. And yes, secret chats are only available on mobile.

https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by maqp on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:09AM (#22333400)
The point of encryption is to protect content from third parties. TLS-like encryption where messages can be read by server, is not protecting the content this way, therefore, calling it encryption is misleading. When average user asks "is it encrypted?", they're not asking "Oh I totally get that the developers can access the content but is it safe from passive eavesdropping in the network backend?", they're asking "Can anyone else read the messages?", i.e. "Are they E2EE?". To which the answer is no.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by metadaemon on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:31PM (#22330096)
This is unfortunately correct, but I still prefer Telegram to other chat clients.
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