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This is also why you should never use cloud backups for iMessage or WhatsApp.
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
This is also why you should never use cloud backups for iMessage or WhatsApp.
- jedieaston 7y agoThis is disabled by default in iOS 13, to keep your messages secure (and because often times it doesn't work properly). You have to go into iCloud settings to turn it on. And then if you aren't using iCloud Backup, the key to your Messages backup is not stored by Apple, so they can't read it anyway (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303). For some reason, I doubt Google would do that.
- brenden2 7y agoI also have iMessage configured to delete messages after 30 days. I wish WhatsApp has this feature, but it does not, so I just periodically clear the history manually (which you can do in WhatsApp as well as Signal).