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Telegram is a privacy downgrade from WhatsApp. WA is at least end to end encrypted; Telegram is not.

Telegram is not a downgrade in this instance.

It's not encrypted by default, WhatsApp is.

yes it is.

it does not do the e2e hat-trick thou

Encryption without E2EE is completely worthless for the threat model discussed here.

That’s right. It’s either E2EE, or it’s not encrypted IMHO.

It doesn't blatantly spy on things you do outside of it