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Encryption only available for mobile chats, right? And "secret" chats won't be available for the desktop view.
by interestica 7y ago
Encryption only available for mobile chats, right? And "secret" chats won't be available for the desktop view.
- metadaemon 7y agoThis is unfortunately correct, but I still prefer Telegram to other chat clients.
- sorenjan 7y agoAll chats are encrypted to and from the client, but only secret chats are encrypted end to end. And yes, secret chats are only available on mobile. https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data
- maqp 7y agoThe point of encryption is to protect content from third parties. TLS-like encryption where messages can be read by server, is not protecting the content this way, therefore, calling it encryption is misleading. When average user asks "is it encrypted?", they're not asking "Oh I totally get that the developers can access the content but is it safe from passive eavesdropping in the network backend?", they're asking "Can anyone else read the messages?", i.e. "Are they E2EE?". To which the answer is no.