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This post is intended to disprove this myth that has been so carefully crafted by Facebook/WhatsApp marketing efforts. I've been getting this question more often this year. It's based on the wrong assumption that some other popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp are 'end-to-end encrypted by default', while Telegram is not. To get the 'Secret Chat' feature on the desktop is possible, but you have to trust third-party developers.Why Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default? Pavel Durov AugWhy Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default?

There are unofficial third-party tools out there like telegram-cli or a pidgin plugin (unmaintained), that offer the 'Secret Chat' feature. So no, unfortunately the feature hasn't been delivered until today. The absence in the change log denies its presence. ( changelog.txt 'Secret Chat' is a significant feature that surely would be mentioned in the change log. The change log of the Telegram Desktop Client reaches beyond 2015 and does not even contain the word 'secret'.

The discussion has been closed in 2016 without a positive statement.

In 2015 they denied thinking about integrating it ( see here). Therefore the indirect prove is required: Saying 'no' is somewhat difficult, I don't know any current official straightforward statement of Telegram about this question. No, there is no 'Secret Chat' available in the official desktop edition of Telegram.

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