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Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by johnisgood on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:23AM (#23573734)
- Telegram does NOT support E2E encryption on their desktop and web version of the software.[1]

- Telegram requires a phone number and in my country for example it is tied to you (yes, you need to sign a contract for even a prepaid SIM card).

[1] https://tsf.telegram.org/manuals/e2ee-simple

Re:Russia lifts ban on Telegram by maqp on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:40AM (#23574971)
Also,

- Telegram does NOT support E2E encryption for group chats on any platform.

- Telegram does not use E2E encryption for ANYTHING by default.