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by sorenjan 1286 days ago
> Literally a week ago in India: https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-discloses-user-details-of-...

That wasn't by breaking the encryption, it was by court order.

> it isn't encrypted by default in all scenarios.

It is using encryption in all cases, but it's not using end to end encryption in all cases. I know plenty of people will argue that it's the same thing as no encryption, but by using encryption you then force anyone who want's to eavesdrop to go through court to get the data from Telegram, and not just listening on the same Wifi network. Saying it's unencrypted is disingenuous.