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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages
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bundie
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08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC
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RachelF
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08 Jul 25 18:44 UTC
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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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ID:
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shabazahmed
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08 Jul 25 18:48 UTC
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That data is encrypted
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sabellito
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08 Jul 25 18:52 UTC
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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.
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