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		AlexanderTheGr8 on Sept 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How WhatsApp enables multi-device capability by default. But you can change it to encrypted in settings. It would be nice if it was the other way around - encrypted by default and unencrypted using settings

f1refly on Sept 23, 2021 | [–]

Group messages cannot be encrypted though which males the whole thing much less exciting

gaius_baltar on Sept 23, 2021 | | [–]

Also, encrypted chats don't synchronize among devices. Also, they can't be backup-up or exported for a manual migration.

baby on Sept 23, 2021 | [–]

My top 4 messaging apps are encrypted by default (whatsapp, signal, wire, matrix). Why would I use telegram?

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