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Snowden Issues Warning -- Do Not Use Google's Messaging App Under Any Circumstances

• http://thefreethoughtproject.com

Unless you want law enforcement to be able to trawl all your communications, don't — under any circumstances — use Google's newest messaging app, Allo, Edward Snowden just warned.

"What is #Allo? A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request," the whistleblower advised in a tweet.

Google had earlier claimed it would include end-to-end encryption, "storing messages transiently and in non-identifiable form," similar to its prospective primary competitor, WhatsApp. However, the company announced drastic anti-privacy changes on Wednesday — the very day it rolled out the app.

When users remember to begin a conversation in "Incognito Mode," as can be done for Google searches, their conversations won't be stored indefinitely, as it still provides end-to-end encryption. But conversations not expressly begun that way will be stored forever, where they would be available for any law enforcement body requesting the information.


 


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