They did it so that they could read the messages on their server. I have always assumed that they work for Russia or France, or something, as it just reeks of something a nation-state would like.
Telegram is encrypted to-and-from their server, but not E2E. Even the explicit E2E secret chats aren't TLS, they use their own weird protocol.
No, this has not been improved. Signal or other MLS-style messengers are much better.
npub1l5…egx9z
2026-08-06 09:10:37 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…uevd
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2026-08-06 09:10:37 UTCEvent JSON
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