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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by ymolodtsov on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @04:06AM (#47776042)
It's called iMessage. It's possible, Telegram just doesn't care. All their differentiating features (large groups, channels, device sync) is directly enabled by the lack of encryption.
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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by taminka on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @04:44AM (#47776336)
they do have encryption, just not e2ee, and in fairness to them, it doesn't make sense to have e2ee on a channel or a group with 100k ppl in it, also device sync is possible with e2ee, it's just a slower
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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by tcfhgj on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @06:54AM (#47777328)
you can have large groups and device sync WITH e2ee, see Matrix.
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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by ymolodtsov on Monday April 20, 2026 @08:41AM (#47833437)
Any Matrix client I tried lagged even without chats though.
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