End-to-End Encrypted Chat Backups - Here’s how to enable it!
WhatsApp generally asks you to set the chat backup time once you set up your account.
Although its a great feature, several investigative agencies use cloud backups to decrypt and retrieve the messages.
What is End-to-End Encrypted Chat Backup?
We all know that WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted.
That means no one other than the sender and recipient can read the messages.
However, when you use the cloud backup option, the created backup file is not encrypted by default.
So, if anyone gets access to those backups, they can read the messages.
However, with the new feature, even the cloud backups will be end-to-end encrypted.
Even if someone gets access to the cloud backups, they wont be able to read the messages.
Below, we have shared a step-by-step guide on enabling end-to-end encrypted chat backups on Android.
First of all, open WhatsApp on your Android.
Next, tap on thethree dotsas shown below.
From the list of options, tap on theSettings.
On the controls page, tap on theChatsoption.
Under the Chats option, tap on theChat backup.
On the next page, tap on theEnd-to-end encrypted backupoption as shown below.
On the next screen, tap on theTurn onbutton.
Now, you will be asked tocreate a passwordfor your backups.
After creating the password, tap on thecreatebutton.
This will enable End-to-end encryption on WhatsApp Chat Backups.
So, this guide is all about how to enable end-to-end encrypted chat backups on WhatsApp.
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