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0 pointsbheadmaster3y ago0 comments

It does mean that Discord has the ability to read them, which is what the original reply to your comment was about.

The "convenient history of all the messages" does not require a service having access to your messages.

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avereveard3y ago· 2 in thread

No? The reply mentions storing them encrypted. If the reply meant end to end encryption, the reply could have said that.

bheadmasterOP3y ago

It was my reply, I know what I meant. While it could've been written more precisely, I'd expect the HN crowd to practice steelmanning instead of arguing phrasing in order to be right for the sake of being right.

avereveard3y ago

? It is fair to expect a cursory knowledge of the terminology for the topic in discussion.

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ghusto3y ago

Encryption at rest isn't the same as end-to-end encryption.

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