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All Facebook users can now access a tool to port data to Google Photos

Facebook’s photograph switch tool is now to be had globally part a 12 months on from an preliminary rollout in Europe, the corporate stated nowadays. The data portability function permits users of the social community to without delay port a reproduction in their footage to Google’s eponymous photograph garage provider by way of encrypted…
Facebook’s photo transfer tool is now available globally half a year on from an initial rollout in Europe, the company said today. The data portability feature enables users of the social network to directly port a copy of their photos to Google’s eponymous photo storage service via encrypted…

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