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> Facebook offering to share unencrypted WhatsApp messages with Google where can I read more on why they allowed this?
by propogandist 5y ago
> Facebook offering to share unencrypted WhatsApp messages with Google
where can I read more on why they allowed this?
- burkaman 5y agoI haven't found any statements about it from either company, but here's a decent article: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/whatsapp-google-drive-backups-plaintext,37718.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/whatsapp-google-drive-back...
- hedora 5y agoAccording to that article, they also snoop on the content of any files stored in Drive. To think, just a decade ago, this article seemed paranoid, to the point where even the author seemed to think it was an oversight in the Terms of Service: https://techland.time.com/2012/04/26/will-google-drive-snoop-inside-your-data-google-needs-to-be-clearer/ https://techland.time.com/2012/04/26/will-google-drive-snoop... Interestingly, they give (gave?) themselves redistribution and performance rights for Drive contents at the same time. How long until they start openly using those rights, I wonder?
- alisonkisk 5y agoWhere does the article say they snoop? Drive is unencrypted because it is indexed for personal search. What is the snooping part? > redistribution and performance rights for Drive This is completely standard and required so that they can provide syncing and sharing.
- nerbert 5y agoIt's written in your whatsapp backup settings.
- propogandist 5y agoI meant leaks or new information exposing how/why FB intentionally made backups unencrypted when storing on Google Drive. I am aware that Whatsapp does this and have avoided Whatsapp’s Google Drive backup overall.