Reply to post: Re: Google abdicated its responsibility to Android users

Google: I don't know why you say Allo, I say goodbye

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Re: Google abdicated its responsibility to Android users

True, but you aren't required to have your messages backed up to your Google account.

There's no reason Google couldn't support a user supplied encryption key so that you'd have security in your backups. That's really my only dig on Apple's security policies - while iCloud data is encrypted in transit and at rest, it isn't encrypted with a key you control. Apple is able to supply your iMessages that are backed up on iCloud in response to subpoena, because its "at rest" encryption is done with a key that Apple controls.

Which is why I don't use iCloud for backups, and instead am forced to use iTunes for backups which does use an encryption key I supply. I assume that similar would be possible with Android, albeit less convenient.

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