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		dylan604 on Jan 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on ... E2E means it is encrypted before transmission, so if that data is stored in the cloud, wouldn't that mean that it would remain encrypted if it does get stored in the cloud?

jgalt212 on Jan 23, 2020 [–]

not according this announcement by WhatsApp.

> Media and messages you back up aren't protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.

https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/28000019/?category=52452...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-warns-free-google-dri...

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