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Why Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default (2017)
I've been getting this question more often this year. It's based on the wrong assumption that some other popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp are "end-to-end encrypted by default", while Telegram is not. This post is intended to disprove this myth that has been so carefully crafted by Facebook/WhatsApp marketing…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 11, 2021 | Why Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default (2017) by aabbcc1241 | 127 | 145 |
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