Η Google was released yesterday the second messaging application he had announced during Google I / O. The Google Allo app is available for download from yesterday, but apparent privacy features are missing.
Google Allo app is undoubtedly a very exciting chat app, and definitely an alternative to choose from among other apps like Messenger και το WhatsApp του Facebook.
But something is wrong:
When Google first announced Allo, it said it would focus on new privacy features and that it wouldn't store messages indefinitely, only temporarily. Promised end-to-end encryption in incognito mode.
Yes, the final version of Allo released yesterday saves the messages indefinitely until the user decides to delete them. Anonymous browsing comes with end-to-end encryption, and users can set a timer to automatically delete messages, just like in WhatsApp. But Google announced another privacy feature last May. She promised that the conversations would not be stored on her servers, something that as everything shows will not change.
The reason;
It's Google's new AI technology, Google Assistant. Google Assistant using Allo reads the messages and learns the user's behavior by providing answers, even pictures.
To do this, Allo needs to have access to as much data as possible, so Google has decided that the best way was to store messages on its servers. However, this move shows that privacy is being negotiated for Google Assistant.
Even Eduard Snowden stated on his account at Twitter that the Google Allo application records every message you send and that it will make it available to the police if there is a request.”
What is So? A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request. https://t.co/EdPRC0G7Py
- Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 21, 2016