“We do not store your secret chats on our servers. We also do not keep any logs for messages in secret chats...”
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Secret chat messages exist only on users' devices and leave no server-side record, meaning Telegram cannot produce secret chat content in response to legal demands or data breaches affecting its servers.
Messages sent in secret chats are not retained by Telegram on its servers and generate no server-side logs.
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"We do not store your secret chats on our servers. We also do not keep any logs for messages in secret chats...Excerpt from Telegram's Privacy Policy
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Secret chat messages exist only on users' devices and leave no server-side record, meaning Telegram cannot produce secret chat content in response to legal demands or data breaches affecting its servers.
Messages sent in secret chats are not retained by Telegram on its servers and generate no server-side logs.
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