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1. soziaw+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-05 08:05:59
Telegram doesn't have encryption for groups though.
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2. 0x49d1+Ge[view] [source] 2020-06-05 10:39:42
>>soziaw+(OP)
Actually they do: https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data , but since group chats are using Telegram's servers the encryption is not client-to-client. Here is the actual specification of how does their srever-client encryption work: https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
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3. billme+yj[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-05 11:36:09
>>0x49d1+Ge
>> “ since group chats are using Telegram's servers the encryption is not client-to-client”

That is, it is not end-to-end-encrypted (E2EE) — which is the whole point of apps like this.

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