Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who revealed extensive internet and phone surveillance by US intelligence now cautions the world against Google’s messenger #Allo.
The US government had accused Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorised invasion of communication, and wilful communication of classified information privy to the government.
During the Athens Democracy Forum at the National Library in Athens, Edward warned people and asked them not to use Google’s instant mobile messaging app – Allo.
According to the claims raised by Snowden, the app allows the company to read and see everything that you share.
What is #Allo? A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request. https://t.co/EdPRC0G7Py
Google launched the app on September 21, 2016 for Apple and Android users.
The app’s interactive robot analyses the data transferred through the app for future analysis to improve the app.
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However, Google claims that they are only aiming at improvising the app and making it a better experience for users. The app can read through conversations and try and work out how people talk – it can then use that data to suggest what they might want to say to their friends.
Moreover, just like Gmail, Google might use the data to feature ads in the future. Snowden had already called Allo “dangerous” after it was revealed at Google’s I/O conference earlier this year.
