End-to-End Encrypted Backups on WhatsApp
December 14, 2023 (11 months ago)
WhatsApp is a global service for billions of users to enjoy text messaging & media sharing and much more. With such a mammoth amount of users, over 100 billion messages are shared by the users. All these messages are encrypted from one end to the other. WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption which means all the chats & shared files are between sender & receiver. WhatsApp itself does not access any chat of its users and also does not allow any third-party source to access this. Moreover, WhatsApp is the only platform that provides end-to-end encryption to such a huge amount of users. All the other platforms including Facebook Instagram, and other does not offer this end-to-end encryption. Hence, WhatsApp is the most trusted platform for chatting, sharing, and calling. Now WhatsApp gonna integrate this end-to-end encryption for chat backups as well.
What is Chat Backup In WhatsApp
Hundreds of messages and files are shared by every WhatsApp user every day. These messages and files are valuable for the users and they don’t wanna lose this data. For this, WhatsApp allows users to back up their chats and all their data within these chats. You can use your G-Drive, One-Drive, or iCloud account for backups. With the latest updates in privacy, WhatsApp now also includes end-to-end encryption for chat backups. It means all your backups are encrypted and neither WhatsApp nor the backup provider can access your chat data.
Highlights of End-to-End Encrypted Backups
- Encrypted backup means only you and the sender have access to this data.
- Choice to use Google Cloud, iCloud, G-Drive, or One-Drive for backups.
- Include photos, videos, stickers, text messages, voice notes, documents, and all sorts of chat data for backup.
- Luxury to recover the data anytime on any device.
- High security as you can use a password or encrypted key of 64 digits to keep your backup data highly secure.
How to Backup Data in WhatsApp with End-to-End Encryption
End-to-end encryption is by default for WhatsApp chat backups. So you don’t need to turn on encryption. Just follow these steps to simply back up your data on any cloud storage account.
- Open WhatsApp and look for three dots in the top right corner to tap on it. ]
- Open the “three-dot menu” and tap on “Settings” in this section.
- Now in “Settings” look for the chat option and chat backup.
- Link an account in which you want your WhatsApp backup with end-to-end encryption.
- After linking the account, all you need is to tap on the backup button.
- All your chats including videos, photos, documents, stickers, avatars, everything will be backed up in this account.