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Google can now read your WhatsApp messages

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467 points bundie | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.31s | source
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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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shabazahmed ◴[08 Jul 25 18:48 UTC] No.44502854[source]▶
That data is encrypted
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1. 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.