Security News > 2018 > August > WhatsApp warns that Google Drive backups are not encrypted
2018-08-29 15:05
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has recently announced that, starting on November 12, 2018, Android users will be able to store their WhatsApp backups on Google Drive without the backup being counted toward Google Drive’s storage quota. But, the company warns, those backups won’t be encrypted. That means that the chats, photos and videos sent via the app and backed up on Google Drive are accessible to Google, but also to hackers that manage to compromise users’ Google … More → The post WhatsApp warns that Google Drive backups are not encrypted appeared first on Help Net Security.
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