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by tjhorner 3284 days ago
> Telegram stores the messages you send/receive unencrypted on their servers.

They don't. From the Telegram FAQ:

"Cloud chats are stored encrypted in the Telegram Cloud, and the keys needed to decipher this data are kept in other data centers in different jurisdictions. This way, local intruders or engineers can't access this data, and several court orders from different jurisdictions are required to force us to give up anything. Thanks to this structure, we can ensure that no single government or block of like-minded countries can intrude on people's privacy and freedom of expression."[1]

1: http://telegra.ph/Telegram-Security-FAQ

2 comments

Please don't spread disinformation.
They have keys, they have data - the end of story (and security).