WiFi password will be stored automatically on Google's server when Backup and reset feature is activated
Of course, not only the network password at your home is saved.The Register page indicates that the password list stored on your computer also includes the network of many stores, eateries, hotels, libraries, offices, houses of others and many other places. Areas with public WiFi, sometimes provided by Google, are not outside the list.
Being tracked for personal information is a very sensitive issue after the NSA incident
This issue has existed for a long time, but has been more concerned recently, due to the disclosure that the US government has been quietly monitoring citizens for many years, and may even force Google to disclose information. . Therefore, having passwords stored on Google's servers does not mean they are safe and they are stored as regular characters, not encrypted.
"The password is in the form of a character. When you reinstall an Android phone and launch it for the first time, after you log in to your Google account and recover the stored information, it will immediately connect. connected to a WiFi network with a stored password, when the phone is connected to the router, it is forced to use a password, but cannot use an encrypted password ", according to Electronic Frontier's Micah Lee. Foundation.
Google is not the only company that securely stores customer information. Cryptographer Matthew Green recently pointed out that Apple stores the messages of the iMessage service in an unencrypted form. Similarly, files stored on Microsoft Dropbox or Skydrive servers can be accessed.
It seems that technology is helping people avoid many troublesome operations, but at the same time there are many potential risks of information insecurity.