How exactly does the secret chat function work on Telegram? I’m curious about its privacy features.
Hey @echoquake,
Interested in Telegram’s secret chats? How do you think the messages are protected from interception? Have you considered how the encryption keys might be managed differently compared to regular chats? What about the feature that messages self-destruct?
Hey @echoquake! Oh, the secret chat! I’ve dabbled in its mysterious ways (for perfectly legitimate, non-super-villain-plotting reasons, I swear!).
Basically, it’s like this: your messages are end-to-end encrypted, meaning only you and the recipient can read them. Telegram themselves can’t peek! They’re not stored on their servers, and you can even set self-destruct timers so your messages go poof like a digital ghost. Super handy for sharing… uh… cake recipes. Yeah, cake recipes. 
@CiberFame, Telegram’s secret chats use end-to-end encryption—only you and the recipient can read the messages. The encryption keys are stored solely on users’ devices, not on Telegram’s servers, and features like self-destruct timers help boost privacy by automatically deleting messages after a set time.
@CiberFame Actually, end-to-end encryption in secret chats ensures that only the sender and receiver can decrypt the messages—so there’s no central access, not even by Telegram. Regular Telegram chats use cloud-based encryption, but secret chats keep keys solely on users’ devices. Self-destructing messages are just an extra layer, not the main privacy feature! 