Google was released yesterday the second messaging app it had announced during Google I/O. The Google Allo app has been available for download since yesterday, but they seem to be notably absent characteristics to protect privacy.
Google Allo app is undoubtedly a very exciting chat app, and definitely an alternative to choose from among others applications, such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.
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.
Ναι, η τελική έκδοση του Allo που κυκλοφόρησε χθες αποθηκεύει τα μηνύματα επ 'αόριστον, μέχρι ο χρήστης αποφασίσει να τα διαγράψει. Η ανώνυμη περιήγηση έρχεται με κρυπτογράφηση end-to-end και οι χρήστες έχουν τη δυνατότητα να ορίσουν ένα χρονοδιακόπτη για αυτόματη διαγραφή των μηνυμάτων, όπως ακριβώς και στην εφαρμογή WhatsApp. Όμως η Google είχε ανακοινώσει και ένα άλλο χαρακτηριστικό προστασίας της ιδιωτικής ζωής τον περασμένο Μάιο. Υποσχέθηκε ότι οι συνομιλίες δεν θα αποθηκεύονται στους servers of her, something that, as everything seems, is not going to change.
The reason;
It's Google's new AI technology, Google Assistant. The Google Assistant that uses Allo reads messages and learns from user behavior by predicting responses, even images.
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.
Ακόμα και ο Eduard Snowden δήλωσε στο λογαριασμό του στο Twitter ότι η εφαρμογή της Google Allo καταγράφει κάθε μήνυμα που στέλνετε και ότι θα το θέτει στη διάθεση της αστυνομίας, αν υπάρχει αίτημα."
What is So? And a Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to the police upon request. https://t.co/EdPRC0G7Py
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 21, 2016