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		josu on Oct 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook coll... Wow, I was sure they were encrypted. I just checked and encryption is turned off by default. I just turned it on, thanks for the heads up.

cpeterso on Oct 24, 2021 [–]

The document says the “encrypted” files were encrypted using keys held by WhatsApp or Google and that Google Drive’s terms of service allowed Google to scan users’ WhatsApp conversations for advertising purposes.

https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1452312761342496795?s=21

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