Yeah. I do wonder if this also applies to the "secret" chats that are (in theory) end-to-end encrypted (which should be the default but isn't).

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

Is it? It says private chats sure, but I believe this is one of those word games where the three types of chats are group chats, private chats, and encrypted chats. As in, I think this is referring to chats between 2 people that are unencrypted. 

Not to say I have much confidence in Telegrams encryption though. 

Afaict, this is about those "encrypted" chats

edit: Oh, I guess my disdain for TG got the better of me. I assumed with "private" they meant the "secret" chats because it is known that the others aren't "private".

Why? Chats aren't encrypted unless you specify you want to open an encrypted chat

nerd2ninja

privacy

Telegram will start moderating private chats after CEO’s arrest

It shouldn't even be possible to do that, arrest or no arrest.