WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encrypted backups in iCloud, Google Drive with user-managed keys
Facebook’s WhatsApp said users will soon be able to store end-to-end (E2E) encrypted backups of their chat history on Google Drive in Android or Apple iCloud in iOS, with an option to self-manage the encryption key.
The move makes encryption-enforced message privacy – typically rather complicated – more viable for consumer-oriented messaging services, if you take for granted the technical integrity of WhatsApp’s encryption and the company’s claims about its privacy practices.
