I recently found this out. You need to specifically create a "secret chat" in order for telegram to actually use E2E. I originally chose Telegram because I want

I recently found this out. You need to specifically create a "secret chat" in order for telegram to actually use E2E. I originally chose Telegram because I wanted a messaging app that respects my privacy and E2E by default is pretty obvious in that case. Maybe I'm stupid for not realizing or looking it up before chosing Telegram. Luckily there are a lot of other apps out there in the same space that do this better. Have switched to Signal now and really like it! Privacy should never be an opt-in feature like in Telegram!