I'm aware of Secret Chats, but there's extra friction to enable it and I suspect most Telegram users are not aware of them at all - or are unwilling to use them

I'm aware of Secret Chats, but there's extra friction to enable it and I suspect most Telegram users are not aware of them at all - or are unwilling to use them for almost everything. Also they should now update that FAQ answer where they say: > To this day, we have disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments. In fact, if the OP is indeed true, they should probably update the entire answer since it's misguiding at best, and an outright lie at worst.