WhatsApp has the power to encrypt copies of chat messages sent over the internet

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WhatsApp to Encrypt the Online Chat Backups
According to some confirmed reports, WhatsApp is
working on a new security feature to protect its
chat backups with passwords and encryption.
WABetaInfo, a famous blog that tracks the
development of this Facebook-owned messaging app.
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They reported that WhatsApp would be rolling out
this security feature one year ago, as the work
was in progress. Now, recently they have shared
some screenshots of the functionality of this
feature for Android and iOS. One of the
screenshots mentioned that the user could set a
password to encrypt his future chat backups. It
will be helpful to prevent unauthorized access to
the user's iCloud Drive backup. The users should
remember this password, as it would be required
again to restoring the chat backups. WhatsApp
will ask the user to confirm the mobile number
and select a password that is at least eight
characters long. Another screenshot from
WABetaInfo mentioned that WhatsApp would not
recover the chat backups if the user forgets his
password. As of now, the user can protect
WhatsApp with a password lock. It means the chats
in his WhatsApp are already encrypted. However,
this encryption does not work when the user
stores his chat backups online, i.e., on iCloud
or Google Drive. Hence, this new feature will
extend the password encryption to the online chat
storage as well. Therefore, nobody would be able
to access your chat history without your
permission. The users are desperately waiting for
this new WhatsApp security feature.
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These reports will also give some relief to the
WhatsApp users as they have become suspicious
about WhatsApp security. Hence, this feature will
also help WhatsApp to regain the trust of users.
Recently, WhatsApp had faced a lot of criticism
because of its recent security update. It claimed
that WhatsApp is storing the user information
with its parent company Facebook. In January
2020, WhatsApp had introduced its new privacy
policy, which was mandatory for the users to
accept. Moreover, it warned them of terminating
the services after 8th Feb 2020 if they fail to
accept this policy. Because of this, WhatsApp
faced a lot of heat from the users. Therefore,
WhatsApp officials had to clarify on Twitter that
they would not be suspending or deleting the user
accounts because of this new privacy policy. They
also rescheduled their business plans for May
2020. People had also started moving to the
competitor messaging app Signal. But, WhatsApp
is hopeful of winning the users' trust again with
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