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DLoupe
5 months ago
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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages
If you use Google to backup your WhatsApp chats (most people do), Google can already read your messages, because the backup is not encrypted.
morsch
5 months ago
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I think this hasn't been true for a couple of years now
https://faq.whatsapp.com/490592613091019
callmeal
5 months ago
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Encrypted backups are "off" by default and need to be explicity turned on.
morsch
5 months ago
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I haven't installed Whatsapp from scratch in a long time, aren't backups off by default, overall?
whyoh
5 months ago
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They're off by default, but there are regular prompts to enable them and I guess most people eventually do it.
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