San Francisco: In yet another disturbing news for online privacy advocates, a media report has claimed that Google‘s mobile messaging app Allo can reveal your search history to friends and those you message.
According to technology news website Recode’s report , Allo “has been found to be capable of sharing users’ past Google searches with contacts, without being prompted to”. Described as a technical glitch, the report claimed that Allo’s behaviour could have big privacy implications.
In a response, Google said: “We’ve fixed the issue and appreciate the report.”
Allo has been criticised by privacy advocates as it does not use end-to-end encryption by default as WhatsApp does. Edward Snowden had warned that Allo is “a Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request.”