Do NOT use Google's new Allo messaging app if you care about your privacy, warns Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden has given a stark warning not to use Google's new Allo messaging app, which launched this week. The NSA whistleblower claims that the the'smart' messaging app which integrates Google's virtual assistant does not feature important privacy measures that the tech firm said it would have. Speaking in a series of tweets, the security expert said that the app should be completely avoided. Government whistleblower Edward Snowden (pictured) says that people should not use Google's Allo app if they care about their privacy Google has been criticised for not including the promised end-to-end encryption in the app when it first launched and reportedly storing messages indefinitely. Allo is'A Google app that records every message you ever send and makes it available to police upon request,' said Snowden.