WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups on iCloud, Google Drive
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it will roll out end-to-end encrypted backups for iCloud and Google Drive, a statement from the messaging app said .
The instant messaging platform said users can now make sure that their "bestie’s voice messages and mum’s secret recipe will be safely stored in a place only [they] can access".
"Developing end-to-end encrypted backups was an incredible technical challenge: an entirely new framework for key and cloud storage," the platform said.
🎉 WhatsApp is the leading global messaging service to offer *both* end-to-end encrypted messaging and backups on iCloud or Google Drive. 🎉
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) September 10, 2021
So you can make sure that bestie’s voice messages and mum’s secret recipe will be safely stored in a place only you can access.
People can already back up their WhatsApp message history via cloud-based services like Google Drive and iCloud, a separate statement from WhatsApp's parent company, Facebook, said.
"WhatsApp does not have access to these backups, and they are secured by the individual cloud-based storage services," it said.
But now, if people choose to enable end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) backups once available, neither WhatsApp nor the backup service provider will be able to access their backup or their backup encryption key, it added.
