WhatsApp backups on Google Drive are not encrypted, open to hackers

By SHARMILA NAIR

FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WhatsApp had recently announced that starting Nov 12, all chat and media backups to the Google Drive will not be counted towards the users’ Cloud storage quota. 

This was made possible after Facebook and Google inked a deal to allow all WhatsApp storage in Google’s cloud to remain “free” and not eat into users’ available storage capacity.

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