It really is strange that Telegram is commonly considered an "encrypted" messenger while the app makes it very difficult for users to actually use e2ee. The fe

It really is strange that Telegram is commonly considered an "encrypted" messenger while the app makes it very difficult for users to actually use e2ee. The feature is hidden, and old "secret chats" stop working after a while without any indication that messages cannot be delivered anymore. To start a "secret chat" one must access it from a menu entry stashed away in users' profiles. And you can only start writing a secret message when the other side "comes online" for the first time after starting a "secret chat". All discussions about the technical implementation of e2ee in Telegram aside, this makes e2ee a pain, which is why it is rarely used (by most) if not desparately needed.