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Re:Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap cables... by danhor on Sunday November 01, 2020 @08:45PM (#24964195)
Additionally, WhatsApp heavily encourages storing backups in Google Drive as well, with semi-regular popups asking users to configure backups in GDrive and to set the backup interval, if not already done. Obviously this doesn't mean Facebook has the information and the straightforward interpretation is that it's the least involved way of creating backups without sending it all to facebook
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Re:Danish military intelligence uses XKEYSCORE to tap cables... by eitland on Sunday November 01, 2020 @11:16PM (#24964781)
Agree.

My point is mostly aimed at people claiming WhatsApp is somehow very safe just because of the end-to-end encryption.

I'm saying end-to-end encryption is a really great idea and everyone should do that and still encouraging people to look beyond that and think about the entire threat model when deciding what is important for them.

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