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This provision establishes the technical and operational architecture for a specific message category, defining what data Telegram retains and how encryption is applied within the Secret Chat functionality. The retention and logging limitations are material to Telegram's data handling practices for this feature.
Users who initiate Secret Chats operate under terms where message content is encrypted end-to-end and not retained by Telegram after a short period, distinguishing this feature from standard chats. This provision applies to Secret Chat usage as written; standard chat communications remain subject to different data retention policies.
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"Secret chats use end-to-end encryption. This means that all data is encrypted with a key that only you and the recipient know. There is no way for us or anybody else without direct access to your device to learn what content is being sent in those messages. We do not store your secret chats on our servers. We also do not keep any logs for messages in secret chats, so after a short period of time we no longer know who or when you messaged via secret chats.— Excerpt from Telegram's Telegram Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the technical and operational architecture for a specific message category, defining what data Telegram retains and how encryption is applied within the Secret Chat functionality. The retention and logging limitations are material to Telegram's data handling practices for this feature.
Users who initiate Secret Chats operate under terms where message content is encrypted end-to-end and not retained by Telegram after a short period, distinguishing this feature from standard chats. This provision applies to Secret Chat usage as written; standard chat communications remain subject to different data retention policies.
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