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Best part for me: <<In 2015, Google signed agreement with WhatsApp to give users option of backing up their messages. Users were led to believe they were encr

• josu 5y ago
  Wow, I was sure they were encrypted. I just checked and encryption is turned off by default. I just turned it on, thanks for the heads up.
  • cpeterso 5y ago
    The document says the “encrypted” files were encrypted using keys held by WhatsApp or Google and that Google Drive’s terms of service allowed Google to scan users’ WhatsApp conversations for advertising purposes. https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1452312761342496795?s=21 https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1452312761342496795?s=21
• jeffbee 5y ago
  Why is that the best part? Isn’t that 100% the fault of WhatsApp and has more or less nothing at all to do with google?
  • greatgib 5y ago
    No 50% whatsapp fault and 50% Google. As an user, all claim to defend users and privacy, and users think that they have some features because it is in their interest. But in fact, they only care about their business objectives and would usually screw you if that can be in there interest. But with a very nice sugar coating. For example, this kind of things explain why there was no backup alternatives except google.