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Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The regular chats are encrypted though, just with an (encrypted) server in the middle. Telegram also claims in their FAQ, that no one singular person has the power to decrypt and the keys are stored such that no singular government could force them to give up any data.

How far that is true is a different question though.