WhatsApp May Soon Allow s to Secure Their Chat Backups With s 3q6258 Technology News

WhatsApp’s new security feature is reportedly in the alpha stage of development. 25s29

By Nadeem Sarwar | Updated: 3 March 2020 16:04 IST

WhatsApp May Soon Allow s to Secure Their Chat Backups With s

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WhatsApp’s new security feature is not available in the latest public beta

Highlights

WhatsApp v2.20.66 beta update reveals Protect tool
There is no word on the public availability of this feature
WhatsApp saves chat backups to Google Drive on Android

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WhatsApp is known to be a fairly secure platform for communication, thanks to its end-to-end encryption system. Now, the Facebook-owned company is looking to further bolster the security of its eponymous messaging platform by letting s protect their chat backups with a . The latest WhatsApp beta update adds a new option called “ protect backups” that will let s protect their chat backups with an additional layer of security. However, the feature is reportedly in the alpha stage of development and might not work as expected for those who have installed the latest beta build.

As per a WABetaInfo Google Drive for Android s in an encrypted form.

The report adds that the ‘ protect backups' feature is in the alpha stage and might not be functional as described above. We were able to the latest WhatsApp beta update with the build number v2.20.67 from the Play Store – which appears to be an incremental version of the v2.20.66 mentioned above - and the and v2.20.66 build from APKMirrror, but the new security feature was nowhere to be seen. Unfortunately, it is not clear when this nifty security tool will make its way to end s via the public beta or stable channel.

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