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Facebooks photo-transfer tool opens to more users in Europe, LatAm and Africa

Fb is continuous to open get access to to a data-porting software it offered in Eire in December. The software shall we shoppers of its group transfer photos and films they have got stored on its servers without delay to each different {photograph} storage supplier, similar to Google Pictures, by means of encrypted transfer. A Fb spokesm…
Facebook is continuing to open access to a data-porting tool it launched in Ireland in December. The tool lets users of its network transfer photos and videos they have stored on its servers directly to another photo storage service, such as Google Photos, via encrypted transfer. A Facebook spokesm…

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