WhatsApp’s backups are now end-to-end encrypted in the cloud as Facebook rolls out a new update.
Facebook is tightening WhatsApp’s security by extending end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to cloud backups via an update to the app on iOS and Android. This was already allowed this on local WhatsApp backups, but the company will extend these security tools to online backups made to iCloud and Google Drive. “Starting today, we are making available an extra, optional layer of security to protect backups stored on Google Drive or iCloud with end-to-end encryption. No other global messaging service at this scale provides this level of security for their users’ messages, media, voice messages, video calls, and chat backup,” the WhatsApp team shared this week. It’s an optional feature, and users will be able to enable it in WhatsApp’s settings when it’s available.
