Here's what end-to-end encryption protects—and what it doesn't.

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If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously complicated.

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Telegram Desktop (the one that runs on desktops, not on phones) has a "tdata" folder where it stores some encrypted files. This folder is normally found at "~/.local ...