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GreenEngineering3475 @lemmy.world

1mo ago

Google Messages is getting backup and restore feature, and here's how it works

www.androidauthority.com Google Messages is getting backup and restore feature, and here's how it works

Google is working on a backup and restore feature in Google Messages, and we were able to activate it to show you how it works.

Google Messages is getting backup and restore feature, and here's how it works

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22249458

Google is working on a backup and restore feature in Google Messages, and we were able to activate it to show you how it works.

4 comments

Any ideas how it might restore the backup on signing in without needing your key afterward if it's E2EE? Doesn't this call into question their E2EE claims?
- Its Google's version of E2EE. The key is "trust me bro" its encrypted.
- Probably part of the export or tied into your device or account fingerprint or something that counts as something you own

That last screenshot is the reason why I think local backups should be an option.