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> It did so without robust security features like end-to-end encryption yet it advertised itself as heavily encrypted.

Telegram has E2E encryption, but only in Secret Chats: https://telegram.org/faq#secret-chats



Telegram has secret chats, but only for mobile 1:1 chats.

You want secret chat for groups? Sorry, can't do. (Signal can.)

You want secret chats for desktop messages? Sorry, can't do. (Signal can.)

You want everything end-to-end encrypted by default? Sorry, can't do. (Signal. Can.)


Most of its content is not E2E encrypted, especially channels.




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