ijeffMA to AndroidEnglish · 1 year agoYour WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down17
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkYour WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.comijeffMA to AndroidEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarenottheengineer@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down7·1 year 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-squareBebo@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. I’ve been using the option of encrypted backup for quite some time now.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWhatsApp supports encrypted backups: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1246476872801203/
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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