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Not <end-to-end encrypted> by default, WTF... you have to create "secret chats" for that:
* https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Telegram-not-use-end-to-end-encryption-by-default-so-that-there-are-not-keys-to-give-to-the-government
You can't sync secret chats across devices, <Signal (software)> handles that perfectly by sending E2EE messages across devices:
* https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/7hx8vd/when_will_telegram_get_secret_chats_crossdevices/
This is a deal breaker because Ciro needs to type with his keyboard.
Desktop does not have secret chats: https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/9beku1/telegram_desktop_secret_chat/ This is likey because it does not store chats locally, it just loads from <server> every time as of 2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/baqs63/where_are_chats_stored_on_telegram_desktop/ just like the web version. So it cannot have a private key.
Allows you to register a public username and not have to share phone number with contacts: https://telegram.org/blog/usernames-and-secret-chats-v2.
Has <Reproducible builds> on Android and iOS: https://core.telegram.org/reproducible-builds
Self deleting messages added to secret chats in Q1 2021: https://telegram.org/blog/autodelete-inv2
Can delete messages from the device of the person you sent it to, no matter how old.
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