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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by blehn on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:38PM (#25665359)
Cite some sources. They clearly do not store your messages in plaintext on their servers

https://telegram.org/privacy#3-3-your-messages https://telegram.org/privacy#4-1-storing-data

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by fsflover on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:53AM (#25670422)
> in plaintext

They have the encryption key, so the difference is not huge.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by blehn on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:08PM (#25673769)
Stored on different servers in different jurisdictions, right? Sure it's not ideal if you want maximum security of your data, but it _is_ a huge difference from simply storing plain text.
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