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Re:Egypt Blocks Access to Telegram by leetcrew on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:29AM (#24870498)
taken individually, these all seem like minor nitpicks. but together, they make for a pretty high-friction E2E experience on telegram. the first time I try to have a "secret chat" with someone, it's often the first time they realize that telegram isn't E2E by default or that it even has that feature! I have to wonder about the design decisions made here. it seems pretty obvious that the combination of limitations is going to result in the vast majority of messages not being E2E. in practice, "secret chat" on telegram is only worth the trouble when both participants understand they are doing something shady.
Re:Egypt Blocks Access to Telegram by vbezhenar on Friday October 23, 2020 @12:19PM (#24871090)
For me device-limited E2E is actually a feature as I'm sure that no kind of weird sync stuff will leak my data from the device.