The applications of instant messaging They are one of the most used functionalities through mobile phones. Among these, WhatsApp, owned by Meta (Facebook), is the king. However, there are other platforms used by more and more people, such as Telegram, which add to the experience new possibilities to further customize the type of individual or group conversations that you want to establish.
On this platform, one of the big bets is the search for the security and the Privacy of the chats, to the point of having enabled a functionality that allows you to create secret chat with other users.
What is a secret Telegram chat
Secret chats are conversations that allow you to have the maximum guarantees that only its members will be able to directly or indirectly view the messages.
In this way, the application prevents any type of dissemination of messages to third parties, either through forwards or of screenshots. It is also allowed to program your self destruction at a certain time, from one second to one week from the moment the receiver reads it. And in addition, encryption is used ‘end-to-end’ (end-to-end) also used by WhatsApp, and the storage of messages on the platform’s servers is avoided.
How to create a secret chat on Telegram
There are two different ways to open one of these conversations, which can be done through the following steps:
-Through contact:
- open the app
- Search and select the desired contact
- After entering their conversation, click on their name and click on the three dots on the top right
- Select ‘Start secret chat’
- You can program the self-destruction in the desired period of time through the clock icon
-Through the floating bubble
- open the app
- Click on the floating action button (pencil symbol, bottom right)
- Select ‘New Secret Chat’
- Choose the contact
- Program, if you wish, self-destruction
Why can’t it be accessed on the desktop version
Privacy is the most important feature of these secret Telegram chats, and for this reason, the platform does not store messages on their servers. This causes the fact that, as they are only available on the device from which they are sent or received, they cannot be accessed through external utilities, such as the desktop version of the application.