Your WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.comexternal-link ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months ago message-square62fedilinkarrow-up195
arrow-up195external-linkYour WhatsApp chat backups on Android won't be free anymorewww.androidauthority.com ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months ago message-square62fedilink
minus-square nottheengineer ( @nottheengineer@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•8 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-square Bebo ( @Bebo@literature.cafe ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoExactly. I’ve been using the option of encrypted backup for quite some time now.
minus-square GenderNeutralBro ( @GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoWhatsApp supports encrypted backups: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1246476872801203/
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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