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WhatsApp's backups are already stored unencrypted* on Google Drive if you use that feature. * Encrypted with a private key which Google have access to.
by radicalbyte 5y ago
WhatsApp's backups are already stored unencrypted* on Google Drive if you use that feature.
* Encrypted with a private key which Google have access to.
- bogwog 5y agoSo the encryption is there so that you can't access your own data (and migrate to a competing app/service), rather than to protect your privacy. I kind of ran into this issue myself when I was helping a family member move to iPhone. Since Whatsapp uses Drive on Android and iCloud on iOS, there was no way to transfer the data. I wonder if you can get them via one of those data access requests?