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Re:Telegram: Voice Chats 2.0:Channels, Millions of Listeners... by vetinari on Saturday March 20, 2021 @01:40PM (#26524672)
That's exactly what secret chats are.
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Re:Telegram: Voice Chats 2.0:Channels, Millions of Listeners... by tridenrake on Saturday March 20, 2021 @03:35PM (#26525536)
I am still waiting for the day when I can initiate a secret chat from my desktop client.
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Re:Telegram: Voice Chats 2.0:Channels, Millions of Listeners... by kennydude on Saturday March 20, 2021 @04:52PM (#26525990)
At least on macOS you can
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Re:Telegram: Voice Chats 2.0:Channels, Millions of Listeners... by BelenusMordred on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:30PM (#26527676)
Group chats are not encrypted.
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Re:Telegram: Voice Chats 2.0:Channels, Millions of Listeners... by vetinari on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:52PM (#26544185)
They are encrypted, but not e2e. It is a key distribution problem.

Threema solves it by scanning QR codes; for that, you need to physically meet with the other recipients, they need to bring their devices and scan each other QR codes (note that Threema still supports only one device per recipient; otherwise, the users would need to scan each other QR codes for each device).

It is not something that an average Telegram user would be willing to do.

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