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0 pointsupofadown5y ago0 comments

>They indeed were one of the first if not the first to come out with a messaging app that can e2e encrypt your chat.

Off The Record showed up in 2004 and was used over multiple instant messaging systems. OpenPGP was used over various IM systems before that...

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FDSGSG5y ago

SCIMP also predates Telegram by several months https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122917/https://silentcir...

wyuenho5y ago

Well, if you go that far lol. I remember OTR on Pidgin and Adium back in the days. Not sure I'd consider these third party tacked on solutions e2ee messaging app that can e2e encrypt your chat. OpenPGP doesn't come with email and OTR doesn't come with GTalk.

pseudalopex5y ago

OTR did come with other apps. OpenPGP was a documented XMPP extension.

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