Telegram Adds 'Delete Everywhere' Nuclear Option -- Killing Chat History (techcrunch.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday March 25, 2019 @05:30AM from the for-what-it-is-worth dept.

Instant messaging service Telegram has added a feature that lets a user delete messages in one-to-one and/or group private chats, after the fact, and not only from their own inbox. From a report: The new 'nuclear option' delete feature allows a user to selectively delete their own messages and/or messages sent by any/all others in the chat. They don't even have to have composed the original message or begun the thread to do so. They can just decide it's time. Let that sink in. All it now takes is a few taps to wipe all trace of a historical communication -- from both your own inbox and the inbox(es) of whoever else you were chatting with (assuming they're running the latest version of Telegram's app).

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35 years late by Ignatius · 2019-03-25 05:37 · Score: 4, Insightful

"The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia."
Re: if-trump-obstructed-justice-he-cant-be-exonera by Anonymous Coward · 2019-03-25 05:56 · Score: 0, Insightful

I bet you wish you had a "delete posts everywhere" button to hide the last 2 years of your hilariously tragic life.
You're left now with thousands of hours spent on an internet forum regurgitating Democrat lies you were stupid enough to believe.
Literally your only out now is suicide. Are you going to hang yourself, drink antifreeze, or jump off the roof? Can you please livestream it?