@aral https://twitter.com/9to5google/status/598128113818726400 …
I bet you, like me, are not at all surprised by this "revelation".
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@paulcbetts Hmm… but if data was local you could search it too… might it have something to do w their business model? +@Smutchings @brixen
@aral @Smutchings @brixen you could attribute it to that maybe, but there are a lot of usability downsides to E2E encrypted chat
@paulcbetts I can’t think of any downsides had the system been designed in a distributed manner.+@Smutchings @brixen
@aral @Smutchings @brixen ...or search through anything I've said previously on other devices?
@paulcbetts Distributed systems have UX challenges but so does spyware: Google has to design for two audiences. Us, one.+@Smutchings @brixen
@aral @Smutchings @brixen hm, I'm still not 100% convinced but I'm coming around. Interesting ideas.
@paulcbetts :) Just another approach when not constrained by having to have people’s data. Keep an eye on us :) +@Smutchings @brixen
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