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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by hucker on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @04:34AM (#8692705)
http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta...

Also, messages are not encrypted by default, and there is afaik no way to encrypt group chats. You have to create a special "secret" chat for the messages to be encrypted.

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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by jhasse on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:03AM (#8692818)
All messages are encrypted by default, but not client-client (in order to make cloud sync work): https://telegram.org/faq#q-why-not-just-make-all-chats-secre...
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by kristofferR on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:26AM (#8692899)
It is possible to create synced messages without depending on a server decrypting the messages. Here's how Tox is going to implement that: https://github.com/Quoturnix/ProjectTox-Core/wiki/Multiple-d...
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by jhasse on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:35AM (#8692930)
True, but Tox requires a password for that. Telegram tries to be an alternative to WhatsApp so forcing people to sign up with an account isn't an option.
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