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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by docmoses(m): 5:48pm On Sep 22, 2016
sorextee:
but they said it is secured, it is private, chats are encrypted.. but i no doubt snowden, if a man could get an iphone6 for a female firend of mine.
we never knew it was bugged.. all her convos, text messages, all the abuses she was throwing at him(behind his back), how she was praying let the foolish man buy her the car he promised, how she went and knack his friend when the man travelled out, etc.. he heard everything..
i repeat, EVERYTHING!!!!!
welldone sir
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by salauwale(m): 5:50pm On Sep 22, 2016
KvnqPrezo:
I'm Going To Use The App,, As Long As It Does Not Harm Me!!!
"ALLO" Bad belle wan spoil the app before them even launch am fully...mtcheeew

Privacy online is not about google or any other tech company trying to hurt you it's about if you can trust them with their profiling of you? They gather toooo much information about you ( your mail, browser history, contacts list, google query, keyboard pressed etc). They know more about your internet life than yourself. The challenge then is that, system get hacked all of the time Infact in IT, it's a common slogan that their is no such thing as 100 percent security online. That being said, with the amount of information they collect about you, what happens if it gets in the wrong hand? You could be blackmailed, private life exposed etc and government can also request for your information at any time to use against you and government as we know is just as corrupt as corruption can be.

See it like this, you use android, they know what you're doing on your phone ,
Use google : what did you search
Google keyboard : everything you typed ever
Gmail: every mail you've ever sent or read
Chrome: every site you've ever visited
Imagine if someone just just builds a case of paedophile against you that one time you out of curiosity googled child porn or beastiality or anything or you get arrested for calling the president a bad name in a chat with your friend .
While it's an AI that profiles you not really a human being the challenge is they collect this much information, what if it ever leaks check that what happens when it leaks. It's just a matter of time really. Millions of information about people are being sold on the dark web and guess what, they are not going to be liable. Take a time out to read the license agreement sometime before you just click agree and next sometime you'll see how well they cover their asses.
I ain't saying don't use Allo, am just pointing out the genuine reason for privacy concerns.

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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by KvnqPrezo(m): 5:57pm On Sep 22, 2016
salauwale:


Privacy online is not about google or any other tech company trying to hurt you it's about if you can trust them with their profiling of you? They gather toooo much information about you ( your mail, browser history, contacts list, google query, keyboard pressed etc). They know more about your internet life than yourself. The challenge then is that, system get hacked all of the time Infact in IT, it's a common slogan that their is no such thing as 100 percent security online. That being said, with the amount of information they collect about you, what happens if it gets in the wrong hand? You could be blackmailed, private life exposed etc and government can also request for your information at any time to use against you and government as we know is just as corrupt as corruption can be.

See it like this, you use android, they know what you're doing on your phone ,
Use google : what did you search
Google keyboard : everything you typed ever
Gmail: every mail you've ever sent or read
Chrome: every site you've ever visited
Imagine if someone just just builds a case of paedophile against you that one time you out of curiosity googled child porn or beastiality or anything or you get arrested for calling the president a bad name in a chat with your friend .
While it's an AI that profiles you not really a human being the challenge is they collect this much information, what if it ever leaks check that what happens when it leaks. It's just a matter of time really. Millions of information about people are being sold on the dark web and guess what, they are not going to be liable. Take a time out to read the license agreement sometime before you just click agree and next sometime you'll see how well they cover their asses.
I ain't saying don't use Allo, am just pointing out the genuine reason for privacy concerns.

Super cool.,,,thanks for clarifying me!

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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Dapsonemmanuel(m): 6:07pm On Sep 22, 2016
BluePearls:


Can be translated
.. What would translate Yoruba,igbo and hausa for them.. If only they were recognized internationally
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by VocalWalls: 6:09pm On Sep 22, 2016
TrollTrap:
Omo Na to find some tight encryption chat app be that...
Who watches Mr. Robot here, is there any similar messaging app like the one Eliot and Fsociety use?

That one Na from root directory.
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by TrollTrap: 6:22pm On Sep 22, 2016
VocalWalls:


That one Na from root directory.
So you can tweak the root directory to self destruct messages?
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by BluePearls(m): 6:23pm On Sep 22, 2016
Dapsonemmanuel:
.. What would translate Yoruba,igbo and hausa for them.. If only they were recognized internationally

Little do you know.. Ask Snowden grin grin
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Dapsonemmanuel(m): 6:24pm On Sep 22, 2016
BluePearls:


Little do you know.. Ask Snowden grin grin
.. Get me his digit .. Let me call the asswipe
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by VocalWalls: 6:27pm On Sep 22, 2016
TrollTrap:

So you can tweak the root directory to self destruct messages?

Elliot can. I can't.
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by amamazzing: 6:31pm On Sep 22, 2016
TrollTrap:
Omo Na to find some tight encryption chat app be that...
Who watches Mr. Robot here, is there any similar messaging app like the one Eliot and Fsociety use?

didn't you see they only send what looks like flash messages. after you read it, it gets wiped out. What are you hiding
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by blessedvisky(m): 6:57pm On Sep 22, 2016
Dapsonemmanuel:
Was expecting something like this about the app sooner ... It can't just be as perfect as the ones that are existing already ... Hehehe .. Maybe the bb users that would be using shouldn't chat in English but chat in their native language ..



... Just my 2cents
Bruce, have you heard of Google translate?? undecided
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by sorextee(m): 7:59pm On Sep 22, 2016
Thank you very much sir..

docmoses:
welldone sir
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by TrollTrap: 8:40pm On Sep 22, 2016
amamazzing:


didn't you see they only send what looks like flash messages. after you read it, it gets wiped out. What are you hiding
My feelings, lol
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by TrollTrap: 8:40pm On Sep 22, 2016
VocalWalls:


Elliot can. I can't.
Alrigh safe

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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by amamazzing: 9:09pm On Sep 22, 2016
TrollTrap:

My feelings, lol

That's both sweet and sad
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Mustay(m): 9:47pm On Sep 22, 2016
salauwale:

Take a time out to read the license agreement sometime before you just click agree and next sometime you'll see how well they cover their asses.
I ain't saying don't use Allo, am just pointing out the genuine reason for privacy concerns.

Nawa o, what you just wrote now is like those Babaláwos who give out charms but are silent on the terms and conditions.

How many really want to read the agreement? Coincidentally, the devil lives in these details. Even for most apps, some permissions are unnecessary and unrelated to their performances.

After the Merkel incident, Germans were wiser with the use of BlackBerry. For the Russians and Chinese, anything from US et al needs to be treated with a long spoon of caution.




Hallo world!

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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by salauwale(m): 9:51pm On Sep 22, 2016
KvnqPrezo:


Super cool.,,,thanks for clarifying me!
Youre most welcome. Google the yahoo breach news that just broke, over 400 millions accounts and since 2014 too. Imagine how much damage that would have being done and they didn't even have the decency to tell users to change their passwords or take any precautions.
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Nobody: 10:12pm On Sep 22, 2016

Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by KvnqPrezo(m): 10:49pm On Sep 22, 2016
salauwale:

Youre most welcome. Google the yahoo breach news that just broke, over 400 millions accounts and since 2014 too. Imagine how much damage that would have being done and they didn't even have the decency to tell users to change their passwords or take any precautions.
Okay thanks
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Dapsonemmanuel(m): 12:16am On Sep 23, 2016
blessedvisky:

Bruce, have you heard of Google translate?? undecided
.. Yeah .. And I'm dead sure it doesn't translate Yoruba
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by nani667: 2:17am On Sep 23, 2016
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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by blessedvisky(m): 4:17am On Sep 23, 2016
Dapsonemmanuel:
.. Yeah .. And I'm dead sure it doesn't translate Yoruba
[center]oh really?? cheesy bros, where are you from? Don't worry you can tell me, I won't laugh embarassed[/center]

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Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Dapsonemmanuel(m): 11:18am On Sep 23, 2016
blessedvisky:
[center]oh really?? cheesy bros, where are you from? Don't worry you can tell me, I won't laugh embarassed[/center]
... Why would you laugh since its isn't funny
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by enigma2007(m): 10:15am On Sep 28, 2016
Dapsonemmanuel:
.. What would translate Yoruba,igbo and hausa for them.. If only they were recognized internationally

They are actually and it will be translated (and they are still improving the service to be better)!

Check out translate.google.com
Re: Do Not Use The New Google App "Allo" Edward Snowden Warns... by Dapsonemmanuel(m): 2:20pm On Sep 28, 2016
enigma2007:


They are actually and it will be translated (and they are still improving the service to be better)!

Check out translate.google.com
ok

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