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by upofadown 1989 days ago
>They indeed were one of the first if not the first to come out with a messaging app that can e2e encrypt your chat.

Off The Record showed up in 2004 and was used over multiple instant messaging systems. OpenPGP was used over various IM systems before that...
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FDSGSG 1989 days ago
SCIMP also predates Telegram by several months https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122917/https://silentcir...
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wyuenho 1989 days ago
Well, if you go that far lol. I remember OTR on Pidgin and Adium back in the days. Not sure I'd consider these third party tacked on solutions e2ee messaging app that can e2e encrypt your chat. OpenPGP doesn't come with email and OTR doesn't come with GTalk.
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pseudalopex 1988 days ago
OTR did come with other apps. OpenPGP was a documented XMPP extension.
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