Facebook just updated its photo and video portability tool with support for two more third party services: Dropbox and Koofr. The purpose of the third party services support is to send data via encrypted transfer.
Facebook launched its photos and videos portability tool last year in December to help users port their Facebook media directly to Google photos initially, and later on, access to the tool spread to more markets.
In total now, there are three options for Facebook users to transfer their Facebook media elsewhere. A spokesman of Facebook also confirmed that the company is working with other services as well, so there will be more partnership announcements in the coming months.
The transfer tool by Facebook is based on a code that was developed as a result of Facebook's participation in the Data Transfer Project. The project was a collaborative effort among other big tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and twitter.
Facebook's transfer tool works by visiting the 'your Facebook information' menu from where users can select the option of 'transfer a copy of your photos and videos’. Before initiating the transfer, Facebook will ask to reenter password. Users can then select the destination service of their choice, from Google Photos, Dropbox and Koofr. The transfer will begin after reentering the password for the second time. A notification will be sent by Facebook to confirm the completion of the transfer. The tool works for both desktop and the Facebook app.
