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Maroti6736yFrom the same article :
"Before you raise your eyebrows on the privacy concerns, WhatsApp’s latest update will only upload the files on its server when you have selected them and are in the edit mode. When you select a photo you wish to share, WhatsApp redirects you to the ‘Edit Photo’ section before you share the images. It is at this moment, WhatsApp knows that you wish to send these photos and in the background, it will upload the images to the server immediately." -
@Maroti that's better, but in that case it seems like a pointless feature because won't it have to be uploaded again after editing it?
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Maroti6736y@j4cobgarby maybe they replicate the operations on the server if they are simple enough.
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grayfox36206y@j4cobgarby Also, is probably a vast majority of users don't edit the pictures at all. TBH whatsapp's photo editor is crap.
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Dacexi120366y@kunal-mohta yeah well I mean, does it matter? If they're encrypted it's not like they can use it for advertising. It's just a useful feature that improves speed.
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@Dacexi no but if they are predicting which images you are going to send that means they are using ML and for that they need to know what the image is. They might as well sell it
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cyclic3406yComing soon: WhatsApp premptively uploads your location, so that you can share it more quickly
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devios157706yThere has got to be some seriously shady ulterior reason behind this. Photos upload in no time. Why would anyone in their right mind trade their privacy for 2-3 seconds of upload time?
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