[Dylan16807]

By saying that chatting and logging are separate processes, and each one has end to end encryption. Only the clients and the archive can see the text.

And that's what the actual quote says. End to end from phone to archive.

[tptacek]

But the entity we're saying has access to the plaintext is the archive.

[Dylan16807]

The "TeleMessage Archive Server" in the diagram is not the archive. It's a relay that should not have access to the plaintext, but does. And because TeleMessage owns it, they get access too.

The "Archive Destination" is the actual archive and the only thing that should have decryption keys.