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Um, secret chats have been there for a long time.

• rnhmjoj 10y ago
  It doesn't seem so: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/871 https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/871
  • sambe 10y ago
    To clarify: secret chats have been present on Telegram as a platform for a long time. The desktop client doesn't seem to support them though. This often leads to people saying things like "Telegram doesn't have end-to-end encryption". Really, what they mean is that it's not the default and isn't on all platforms. Most people can use it if they want to though because it's available on all major mobile OSes.
    • stiGGG 10y ago
      The desktop version has no encryption? Seriously, why should i use something like this in 2017?
    • notheguyouthink 10y ago
      What is this "Desktop Client", i don't get it -_- I use the Telegram app on my OSX Laptop, and i use Secret chats. They seem identical to my Android secret chats. What am i missing?
      • rnhmjoj 10y ago
        Telegram desktop [1] aka "tdesktop" is the official telegram desktop client, it's based on Qt and it's cross platform (Windows, GNU/Linux, OS X). What you have been using must be "Telegram for OS X" [2], a different application entirely, which supports only OS X obviously. IIRC tdesktop didn't support OS X initially. [1]: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop [2]: https://github.com/overtake/telegram https://github.com/overtake/telegram
        • notheguyouthink 10y ago
          Interesting, thanks for the clarification! Seeing as OSX has secret chats, i may as well stick with it heh.
• danielbarla 10y ago
  Somewhat strangely, that feature is missing from the desktop version.