Facebook’s looking to expand WhatsApp’s message privacy options even further, by giving users the option to encrypt their message back-ups as well, adding another layer of security to their private WhatsApp communications.
Right now, all WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted by default, which has become a key value proposition for the app amid rising concerns about digital data trails and maintaining privacy.
Soon, that will be extended to your data history as well - as explained by WhatsApp:
“People can already back up their WhatsApp message history via cloud-based services like Google Drive and iCloud. WhatsApp does not have access to these backups, and they are secured by the individual cloud-based storage services. But now, if people choose to enable end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) backups, neither WhatsApp nor the backup service provider will be able to access their backup or their backup encryption key.”
The measure will provide extra assurance for WhatsApp users, which is likely important given the perceptual hit the platform took earlier this year when it announced an update to its privacy policy. That change, which allows some additional data sharing between WhatsApp and parent company Facebook, was perceived by many to be a watering down of WhatsApp’s fundamental approach to individual privacy, and as a result, many users switched to alternative messaging platforms in order to get away from the prying eyes of Zuckerberg and his cohorts.
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