Washington: WhatsAppend-to-end encrypted Conversation iOS and . backup for Android are here!
According to The Verge, the social media giant Facebook announced that the company has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp on Thursday.
Facebook has offered end-to-end encryption for chats for years, but with this new change, users will be able to get the same level of encryption with their backups as well.
Reportedly, the feature will be rolling out “gradually” for people on the latest version of the app.
Backed up WhatsApp chats to iCloud or . are stored in Google Drive, but it can be handed over to law enforcement if constrained by Apple or Google.
However, with the new change, users will be able to secure their WhatsApp cloud backup with a password or 6-4 digit encryption key, which means no third person but you will be able to access backup.
Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg It took to social media to announce that WhatsApp is adding another layer of privacy and security which will be rolling out soon.
Furthermore, he said, “WhatsApp is the first global messaging service of this scale to offer end-to-end encrypted messaging and backup, and there was a really difficult technical challenge for which to fully deploy key storage and cloud storage.” A new framework was required from the operating system.”
The new end-to-end encrypted chat backup feature will be available on WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.15.5 and WhatsApp beta for iOS, with the current option of encrypted backup to the cloud (Google Drive and iCloud) available for iOS and Android users . 2.21.200.14.
But to use the feature, users will have to create a password which will be required to restore and access the backup in future.
According to The Verge, the social media giant Facebook announced that the company has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted backups for WhatsApp on Thursday.
Facebook has offered end-to-end encryption for chats for years, but with this new change, users will be able to get the same level of encryption with their backups as well.
Reportedly, the feature will be rolling out “gradually” for people on the latest version of the app.
Backed up WhatsApp chats to iCloud or . are stored in Google Drive, but it can be handed over to law enforcement if constrained by Apple or Google.
However, with the new change, users will be able to secure their WhatsApp cloud backup with a password or 6-4 digit encryption key, which means no third person but you will be able to access backup.
Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg It took to social media to announce that WhatsApp is adding another layer of privacy and security which will be rolling out soon.
Furthermore, he said, “WhatsApp is the first global messaging service of this scale to offer end-to-end encrypted messaging and backup, and there was a really difficult technical challenge for which to fully deploy key storage and cloud storage.” A new framework was required from the operating system.”
The new end-to-end encrypted chat backup feature will be available on WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.15.5 and WhatsApp beta for iOS, with the current option of encrypted backup to the cloud (Google Drive and iCloud) available for iOS and Android users . 2.21.200.14.
But to use the feature, users will have to create a password which will be required to restore and access the backup in future.
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