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Someone mentioned on the reddit thread that after 200+ comments noone actually questioned if the story is true. On HN, there is one comment, and it does questi
by kmarc 5y ago
Someone mentioned on the reddit thread that after 200+ comments noone actually questioned if the story is true.
On HN, there is one comment, and it does question if it's true. GOOD!
I am curious if it's real or not. My bet is it's not. It's easy to screw up some downloading logic with overflows, one-off errors etc, but since WA is E2E encrypted, it would need a lot more "accident" in code to make this possible.
- mns 5y agoBut this is about backups and the fact that this guy bought a new phone and started a data restore for Whatsapp from GoogleDrive, what if something is wrong there, maybe the backups are not even encrypted, even though everyone thinks they are.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoMy comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29838746 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29838746 My first suspicion would be, "Define new". OP and you could be working on 2 different definitions of that word.
- MarcellusDrum 5y agoWhatsApp does claim that Google Drive/iCloud backups are encrypted by default. [1] > ... With end-to-end encrypted backup, you can also add that same layer of protection to your backup on iCloud or Google Drive. [1]: https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/chats/about-end-to-end-encrypted-backup/?lang=en https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/chats/about-end-to-end-encr...