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kome 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

> Even so, most messages sent on Telegram are plaintext, they're encrypted only in transport layer, but Telegram's servers see them in full.

you contradict yourself in the same sentence

rvnx 10 months ago [–]

He means that the messages are only encrypted during transport, like with HTTPS.

Your browser sends a clear message over an encrypted pipe, and the server on the other side, sees this clear message.

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