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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

closed source.

plain text unless activated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Messages are only end-to-end encrypted if you use the Secure Messaging option. Otherwise everything passes the server in cleartext.

That means that anyone with access to those servers can read your messages.