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  "path": "/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-signals-policy-for-edited-messages/37347?page=3#post_44",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T17:19:31.000Z",
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  "textContent": "PurpleDime:\n\n> Signal and WhatsApp have similar implementations where they indicate a message was deleted. Telegram doesn’t show the recipient anything, which can betray the integrity of an exchange if it was reviewed later.\n\nI agree, but there is a great counterargument:\nThis way, Telegram eliminates one on-device evidence that there has been a specific correspondence between two parties (besides deleting a whole contact chat), which could be seen as a privacy/anonymisation benefit.\nOf course, one could always deny any compromisable topic, but a burst of deletion-evident messages (like in WhatsApp or Signal) tied to a specific time frame can suggest involvement in e.g. activistic events, or authoritarian regimes might even consider it obstruction of justice.\n\nOff-topic (click for more details)",
  "title": "What are your thoughts on Signal's policy for edited messages?"
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