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richthegeek on Nov 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90%

Are you saying that when you log into Telegram on a new phone it downloads the chat logs from somewhere? And that this only requires a short password?

At best this'd mean the logs are encrypted using the password as the key...

Are you sure the user isn't copying anything between devices? Chat logs and a keyfile maybe?

Andrew_nenakhov on Nov 2, 2019 [–]

Well that DO have an optional 2factor auth, and yes, they definitely DON'T copy any keys between devices (like WhatsApp does when launching a web version).

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