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Whatsapp just downloaded 12k photos of other people's private information on my phone. What the hell do I do?
Jan. 7, 2022, 7:34 a.m. | /u/ibiza54
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So, I just bought a new phone. When I installed whatsapp, it automatically started restoring a media backup from my Google drive.
Looking to clean things up, I just found 12000 pictures on my phone of which over half are RANDOM PEOPLE's personal photos. I'm talking photos of IDs, selfies, graduations, baby pics, family photos, screenshots and all sorts of other sensitive data.
A pattern I've seen is that the people are from my local area, there are multiple if …
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