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		throwaway290 on Aug 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French ai... Underrated analogy I don't know anyone who uses TG "secret chats". (I tried to convert one friend but then there was some buggy stuff that also lost us long chat history so we reverted)

tryauuum on Aug 25, 2024 [–]

Sad story

I use a single secret chat, probably because I was conditioned by the early https era to like the green lock symbol

throwaway290 on Aug 25, 2024 | [–]

I use other chat clients. Encryption is by default and no clumsy UI or lost chats yet. Proves it's possible if TG really cared;)

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