<h4 id="qsohowdoyouencryptdataqsohowdoyouencryptdata"><a href="#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data"></a>Q: So how do you encrypt data?</h4> <p>We support two layers of secure encryption. <a href="https://core.telegram.org/mtproto">Server-client encryption</a> is used in Cloud Chats (private and group chats), Secret Chats use an additional layer of <a href="https://core.telegram.org/api/end-to-end">client-client encryption</a>. All data, regardless of type, is encrypted in the same way — be it text, media or files.</p> <p>Our encryption is based on 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie–Hellman secure key exchange.