New Whatsapp Feature Will Secure Chat Backup in Cloud whatsApp will reportedly launch a new feature that will keep chat backups secret in the cloud with encryption. So far, Whatsapp users can save or back up chats (chat backup) on cloud storage services (cloud) such as iCloud or Google Drive. The point is, so that users can still access chats that have been done by reinstalling Whatsapp on a new device.
However, so far the chats stored in the cloud are not kept secret with encryption protection. Encryption is a code that scrambles the contents of a message so that it cannot be read by a third party when the message is intercepted. Encryption makes user content visible only to the sender and receiver.
By launching the encryption feature on chats stored in the cloud, WhatsApp considers that user chats will be safer so that other people cannot open them carelessly.
WhatsApp currently only offers end-to-end encryption on sending private messages between users, phone calls, and other forms of communication.
This new feature is known from leaked screenshots that WABetaInfo shared, as reported by ESET’s We Live Security. This feature will be available for Android and iOS users.
The account that often leaks the new Whatsapp feature shares four screenshots of the long-awaited feature. Two screenshots show the iOS version, while the rest shows the Android version.
“To prevent unauthorized access to your iCloud backup, you can set a password that will be used to encrypt the backup in the future,” said WABetaInfo. Launching Gadget Now, it needs a password so users can encrypt and unlock the security technology in messages. stored in the cloud.
WhatsApp will also ask users to confirm their phone number and choose an eight-character password. However, WhatsApp warns that the password cannot be recovered if the user forgets it. The confirmation to remember passwords by phone number is also not valid.
