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The important thing to remember is that all Telegram messages are always securely encrypted. The difference between messages in Secret Chats and ordinar
by conroy 13y ago
The important thing to remember is that all Telegram messages
are always securely encrypted. The difference between messages
in Secret Chats and ordinary Telegram messages is in the
encryption type: client-client in case of Secret Chats,
client-server/server-client for ordinary chats.
Where "securely encrypted" means that the Telegram server has full access to message contents for ordinary chats. All chats should be "Secret Chats", not the other way around.
- giladvdn 13y agoCame here to say this. I also don't understand why "secret chats" can't be kept in the cloud. Why can't they store encrypted messages and give them to me to decrypt when I want to?
- MAGZine 13y agoMy guess is that it's a security thing. Even if they don't know the security key, I would prefer if they kept no record of the message. The real issue is that they could just make a lever that would still store "secret chats," unless if they're being delievered p2p.
- nwh 13y agoBegs the question why there's a difference really.
- techquery 13y agoI guess, that the problem is in encryption key exchange. Cloud chats are easy to synchronize between devices. Secret chats require unique encryption key for each chat.
- salient 13y agoLook into this: https://whispersystems.org/blog/advanced-ratcheting/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/advanced-ratcheting/