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467 points bundie | 2 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.561s | source

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DLoupe ◴[08 Jul 25 21:30 UTC] No.44504225[source]▶

If you use Google to backup your WhatsApp chats (most people do), Google can already read your messages, because the backup is not encrypted.

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morsch ◴[08 Jul 25 21:41 UTC] No.44504301[source]▶

I think this hasn't been true for a couple of years now

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callmeal ◴[08 Jul 25 21:56 UTC] No.44504429[source]▶

Encrypted backups are "off" by default and need to be explicity turned on.

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1. morsch ◴[09 Jul 25 05:42 UTC] No.44506650[source]▶

I haven't installed Whatsapp from scratch in a long time, aren't backups off by default, overall?

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2. whyoh ◴[09 Jul 25 07:03 UTC] No.44507068[source]▶

They're off by default, but there are regular prompts to enable them and I guess most people eventually do it.

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages