ijeffM to [email protected]English • 11 months agoYour WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down17
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoYou’re storing unencrypted data on google drive with those backups, so they scan all of your chats. Whether they just look for malware/CSAM or people manually look through your chats is something you’ll never know.
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minus-squareBebolinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoExactly. I’ve been using the option of encrypted backup for quite some time now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoWhatsApp supports encrypted backups: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1246476872801203/
minus-square@lowleveldatalinkEnglish3•11 months agoI mourn for the poor worker who needs to look through all my dick pics
You’re storing unencrypted data on google drive with those backups, so they scan all of your chats. Whether they just look for malware/CSAM or people manually look through your chats is something you’ll never know.
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Exactly. I’ve been using the option of encrypted backup for quite some time now.
WhatsApp supports encrypted backups: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1246476872801203/
I mourn for the poor worker who needs to look through all my dick pics