I use Google Messages as my scratchpad, and it works better than I expected

This is why I use Google Messages instead of a note-taking app ...
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Here’s how Google Messages will note end-to-end encryption status for group chats

In addition to a slew of other announcements in October, Google shared that group end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messages would start rolling out by year’s end. Ahead of that, some uses are seeing ...