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The ironic thing is that WhatsApp very heavily pushes users into Google account backups, which are unencrypted, giving government agencies all the access they w
by the_duke 3y ago
The ironic thing is that WhatsApp very heavily pushes users into Google account backups, which are unencrypted, giving government agencies all the access they want.
I remember some talk about those getting encrypted, don't k ow if that has happened yet.
- bjord 3y agoit happened in 2021, and some form of encryption for whatsapp icloud backups has apparently been available since 2016 https://www.tomsguide.com/news/whatsapp-encrypted-backups https://www.tomsguide.com/news/whatsapp-encrypted-backups
- ancientworldnow 3y agoYou can encrypt the Google drive backup actually. It's just a toggle switch on the backup menu setting to enable it.
- pmontra 3y agoThey seems to be end to end encrypted now. It asked me a password to encrypt the backup with. It's a recent feature and you must trust a closed source app. No idea of I can download the backup from Google drive with a web browser and decrypt it with some common decryption program.