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I 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-plaint

• hedora 6y ago
  According 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 6y ago
    Where 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.