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Also, Telegram still

* Has no E2EE by default

* Has no E2EE for desktop clients

* Has no E2EE for groups.

When security is an afterthought, no convenience feature matters.

Has Telegram started providing encrypted chats to the desktop apps? Last I checked, you could only engage in encrypted chats from the mobile app.

I just checked. If it has, I can't see how to do it.

Click on the pencil & paper icon next to the search window. One of the options is "New Secret Chat".

I don't see it. I'm using Version 1.9.9

If you're using Mac you could find this feature in https://macos.telegram.org/ (v 5.9.1)

This is really confusing they have two official desktop clients for MacOs.

Can I create an iMessage account using a Windows or Linux desktop? Or are those second class desktop platforms?