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467 points bundie | 3 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.668s | source

1. RachelF ◴[08 Jul 25 18:44 UTC] No.44502807[source]▶

WhatsApp by default backs up messages to Google Drive. It has done so for many years. Google likely already has all your chat data.

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2. shabazahmed ◴[08 Jul 25 18:48 UTC] No.44502854[source]▶

That data is encrypted

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3. sabellito ◴[08 Jul 25 18:52 UTC] No.44502881[source]▶

Now it is, but when they offered this feature initially it wasn't, and when they added the feature, you had to go in the options to turn it on. Evil.

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages