{"id":49890,"date":"2016-09-22T07:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T11:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49890"},"modified":"2016-09-22T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T11:33:30","slug":"whatever-you-do-do-not-use-google-allo-snowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49890","title":{"rendered":"Whatever you do, do not use Google Allo: Snowden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_49892\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/57e2cee1c36188b92c8b45bb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49892\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49892\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/57e2cee1c36188b92c8b45bb.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Snowden \u00a9 Alkis Konstantinidis \/ Reuters \" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/57e2cee1c36188b92c8b45bb.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/57e2cee1c36188b92c8b45bb-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/57e2cee1c36188b92c8b45bb-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Snowden \u00a9 Alkis Konstantinidis \/ Reuters<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Google Allo, the new \u201csmart\u201d chat app launched on Wednesday, is \u2018dangerous\u2019 and should be avoided, according to whistleblower Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>The ex-NSA contractor posted a series of Tweets to warn everyone away from the chat app, which he says will <em>\u201crecord every message you ever send and make it available to police upon request\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Allo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Allo<\/a>? A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py\">https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778585040976502784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p>Allo, designed to unseat chat pack leader WhatsApp, <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.ie\/2016\/09\/google-allo-smarter-messaging-app.html\">promises<\/a> to deliver quick conversations with features like; \u201cSmart Reply\u201d that can guess your answers and respond to messages with just the tap of a button, and \u201cGoogle Assistant\u201d, which answers your questions and helps you search for things directly in your chat.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/360132-spies-snowden-mi6-tech\/\">READ MORE: Tech firms distancing themselves from spies thanks to Snowden \u2013 MI6 chief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How does Allo plan on predicting your every word and witty emoji, you ask?<em> \u201cThe more you use it, the more it improves over time,\u201d<\/em> which basically means they\u2019ll collect and store as much of your data as possible and then use artificial intelligence to guess your replies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thinking about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Allo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Allo<\/a>? Last year, our secret court approved 100% of requests for surveillance. They would cover Allo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oYtc3Pu8tx\">https:\/\/t.co\/oYtc3Pu8tx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778620681059729408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, the efficiency of time-saving typing may end up costing customers their already compromised privacy.<\/p>\n<p>When Google first announced the introduction of Allo earlier this year they, too, had planned end-to-end-encryption in \u201cIncognito Mode\u201d and assured they would only store messages transiently, rather than indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u00a0it now appears that Google won\u2019t be doing that after all. Wednesday\u2019s announcement revealed Google plans to store all conversations that aren\u2019t specifically started in \u201cincognito mode\u201d by default.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free for download today: Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Surveillance. That&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Allo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Allo<\/a>. Don&#39;t use Allo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py\">https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778588715736260608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Snowden pointed out, last year every single one of the NSA and FBI\u2019s 1,457 surveillance requests was granted by the US foreign intelligence surveillance court\u2026 and Allo\u2019s stored data (i.e. your data) will be fair game too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free for download today: Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Surveillance. That&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Allo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Allo<\/a>. Don&#39;t use Allo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py\">https:\/\/t.co\/EdPRC0G7Py<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778588715736260608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p>In contrast, all of WhatsApp\u2019s chats are encrypted and unreadable &#8211; although they did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/357203-whatsapp-facebook-data-privacy\/\">announce last month<\/a> that they will now be sharing your contacts and who you talk to with Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/357203-whatsapp-facebook-data-privacy\/\">READ MORE: \u2018Betrayal of trust&#8217;? WhatsApp to start sharing user data with Facebook, corporations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778588715736260608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/778588715736260608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}