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isn't telegram not privacy-friendly?
Yeah it's clearly not the best solution if you are looking for something privacy friendly. It's a bit better than Whatsapp though.
Currently only Secret Chats in Telegram are E2EE because it's apparently tricky to implement in order to retain large groups and syncing chats across devices. In terms of security Signal may be a winner, but Telegram has more features.
they keep private keys in their own servers, the alphabet boys can definitely get hands on them if they want to