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by Akashic101 632 days ago
Isn't WhatsApp e2ee as well? You can search that one just fine
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Ukv 632 days ago
Haven't used WhatsApp but presumably it indexes client-side. On Discord people want to search large servers including messages since before they joined, so this approach wouldn't really work.

That said, it could potentially work for DMs.

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