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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by croon on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:21AM (#12547869)
Sure, whatever safe hands mean. Safe in an NSA datacenter. Safe in the hands of the Chinese government. Safe with whatever sysadmin has access to it.

Instead of worrying about what "safe hands" mean, just keep it accessible only to me, and each respective conversation with the people I communicate with.

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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by 0xmohit on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:36AM (#12547991)
> just keep it accessible only to me

One could also argue that the service is free and the service provider needs a (or yet another) way to monetize it.

If the privacy settings are insecure by default, one shouldn't have high expectations anyways.

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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by jtrip on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:46AM (#12548078)
And that's a little scary, you sell a bit of yourself to get access to a service. It's not really the best case scenario I would want.
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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by xenadu02 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:52AM (#12549322)
> One could also argue that the service is free and the service provider needs a (or yet another) way to monetize it.

True, which is why I pay Apple money. No incentive to mine my data... in fact given that privacy is a big marketing angle Apple's incentives are to make it impossible for them to access your data even if subpoenaed or presented with a warrant.

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