WhatsApp now lets users encrypt their chat backups in the cloud

WhatsApp began rolling out end-to-end encryption for Google Drive and iCloud backups on 14 th of October, 2021. Months after the Facebook-owned business tested the upgrade internally, the distribution has begun. WhatsApp said last month that it would begin offering end-to-end encrypted cloud backups to Android and iOS customers. The opt-in option will help customers secure their backups from third-party access, such as Google and Apple's cloud storage services.

It also claims to preserve WhatsApp communication history kept in backups. In a statement on his Facebook page, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the deployment of end-to-end encryption for cloud backups. The functionality will be gradually rolled out internationally for both Android and iOS users to give an extra layer of safety to cloud backups. Since 2016, WhatsApp has made end-to-end encryption the default for all communications sent over the service. According to the business, sophisticated encryption secures over 100 billion communications every day as they pass between over two billion users across the world.