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Telegram isn't end-to-end encrypted unless you're in a "secret chat", and that chat exists only between two different devices and can't be used by multiple devi
by spdustin 11y ago
Telegram isn't end-to-end encrypted unless you're in a "secret chat", and that chat exists only between two different devices and can't be used by multiple devices on one account.
It's a "feature" of the normal chats/channels/groups/supergroups of Telegram that you are able to download them to other devices, or to restore them on a freshly wiped device, because (and I'm over-simplifying here, but the end result is the same) they are encrypted with a key known to the server, and which other devices signed into your account can then be authorized to use.
- joshvm 11y agoMy point was more that if WhatsApp retained messages in some form they most likely would expose that functionality to its users (as Telegram does). So when people say 'apparently' they don't store messages, I'm inclined to believe WhatsApp/Facebook.