When I saw this I was excited that maybe I could finally switch from Telegram. But no, it&#x27;s tethered. I don&#x27;t want to have to always make sure my phone is charged and with signal. I really don&#x27;t get it. I get they can&#x27;t do it the telegram way, by storing plaintext on the server. However I don&#x27;t get why they can&#x27;t do it like iMessage and encrypt the messages with each registered device&#x27;s key. Perhaps moxie can explain why they can&#x27;t do this.