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Re:WhatsApp – Security of End-to-End Encrypted Backups [pdf] by reginold on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:14PM (#28488613)
What do you do instead? Replies like this I may mistakenly interpret as "doesn't matter, so I'll do nothing about it" which is just an excuse.
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Re:WhatsApp – Security of End-to-End Encrypted Backups [pdf] by sneak on Saturday September 11, 2021 @12:54AM (#28489521)
I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, as well as iMessage/iCloud (same issue, unencrypted backups).

I am only reachable via email and Signal. I got my contacts to switch to Signal.

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Re:WhatsApp – Security of End-to-End Encrypted Backups [pdf] by blackoil on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:57AM (#28489933)
How does that solve the problem you mentioned? People on other side still may not be careful with mail/signal data privacy.
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Re:WhatsApp – Security of End-to-End Encrypted Backups [pdf] by approxim8ion on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:31AM (#28490807)
Mail is beyond redemption, but Signal for example only offers encrypted local backups and no cloud backups.
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