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Google Takeout bug sent some of your intimate videos to strangers

ANI
Published : Feb 5, 2020, 7:05 am IST
Updated : Feb 5, 2020, 7:05 am IST

While Google has fixed the glitch, it is asking users to delete the previous export in that five-day period and make a fresh request.

The company said that less than 0.01 percent of Google Photos users attempting Takeout requests were affected.
 The company said that less than 0.01 percent of Google Photos users attempting Takeout requests were affected.

Google has admitted that a bug in its data backup service, Google Takeout, caused some of your personal videos getting exported to random strangers' archives.

According to 9to5 Google, backups requested from November 21-25, 2019, could have had videos in Google Photos incorrectly exported to different users due to a technical issue.

While Google has fixed the glitch, it is asking users to delete the previous export in that five-day period and make a fresh request. The company said that less than 0.01 percent of Google Photos users attempting Takeout requests were affected.

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