Backup function is, at least on Nexus devices, activated by default, with no password of any kind required for the service. Anyone with access to a Google account therefore has access to its Wi-Fi passwords. Businesses in particular may wish to reconsider its implications in the light of the latest surveillance scandal. The risk that Google or NSA staff will park in front of Joe Blogg’s house and rummage around his home network may be marginal, but for businesses using single sign-on procedures, the password is often the gateway to company email and to VPNs.”]

