(Telegram) Why? It's all in the cloud, so you won't lose it

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So they allow you to search through your previous chat history... that says to me its not encrypted on the server?

They have a normal chat system, and a "secret" chat which is encrypted.

I use the normal chat a lot, and have used it for so long that I'm starting to see a need to export my data. They seem to be ignoring this issue, and have been for months: https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram/issues/384

Gotcha. Its unfortunate that it is so difficult to get people on a new chat app. A while back I set up an XMPP server and ChatSecure with OTR on iOS and Android but no one would use it.

It's taken me a while, but pretty much all of my main contacts are on telegram, I managed to convince them all, simply because the text chat is so much lighter than Skype or Facebook, works cross-platform without issues, and is instant unlike the other two. However, the inability to export my own chat history with my contacts is the breaking point, and if they continue to ignore it, it's going to push me to another messaging service which actually respects data liberation.

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