Snowden on Google Allo: ‘Don’t use it’
Sep22
Following the launch of Google’s messaging app ‘Allo‘ and its accompanying Assistant bot, security experts are up in arms over Google reneging on a promise better protect its users. NSA-contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden did a hot take on Allo yesterday, after its US launch, and came to the conclusion that it was nothing more than a honeypot for US surveillance efforts. Free for download today: Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Surveillance. That’s #Allo. Don’t use Allo. https://t.co/EdPRC0G7Py — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 21, 2016 The controversy goes back to Google’s developer conference, I/O, back in May. There, Google demonstrated the new…
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