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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2016 The CyanogenMod Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<config>
+    <!-- Whitelist of what components are permitted as backup data transports.  The
+         'service' attribute here is a flattened ComponentName string. -->
+    <backup-transport-whitelisted-service
+        service="android/com.android.internal.backup.LocalTransportService" />
+    <backup-transport-whitelisted-service
+        service="com.google.android.gms/.backup.BackupTransportService" />
+    <backup-transport-whitelisted-service
+        service="com.google.android.gms/.backup.component.D2dTransportService" />
+</config>
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