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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by nnx on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:29PM (#25642114)
This is a common wrong understanding.

WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted by default (using same protocol as Signal) and there’s no way to disable encryption.

On the other hand Telegram chats are by default unencrypted ... you have to specifically start a “Secret Chat” to benefit from end-to-end encryption.

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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by lynndotpy on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:33PM (#25642149)
Correction here, Telegram is using transport encryption, while Signal and WhatsApp use end-to-end encryption.
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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by 7v3x3n3sem9vv on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:31AM (#25642480)
Addendum: Signal uses end-to-end encryption AND transport encryption.
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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by KingMachiavelli on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:42AM (#25643171)
Hmm, that's pretty interesting. Especially since even Matrix public channels (not sure if only by default or required but it seems like all public groups are plain text) are unencrypted.
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