No one wants someone to see their conversations on WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram or other chat app.Unfortunately we are not very good to protect them with passwords, regrettable.
WhatsApp creators want to make your life easier when it comes to protecting your conversations history and shared media files in the past.Unfortunately no matter how good the initiative is and how positive the consequences are, and you are a little careful.Not the other, but if you do not remember the passwords used, you may remain without them, you can never access them again.
WhatsApp encrypts your conversations from the first versions of the chat app.In the most recent beta version of the program, it started to encrypt your safety copies, the backups of the old conversations.If you are not careful, however, you might lose those.
Corpted backups at WhatsApp, what do you need to know
According to data obtained by Wabetainfo, Beta 2 version.21.15.5 of WhatsApp gives you the opportunity to fully encrypt the safety copies that the application saves you in the cloud, on your Google Drive account.It is about you to activate that option, and the reason why it is not default is related to the fact that such a level of security comes with minuses, not just pluses.
The good part is that a hacker accessing your Google account cannot see your safety copies and, by default, the content behind them.The less good side is that you will have to create a separate password for restoring those safety children.If you forget it all your data is in the field of past.The only exception to the rule is that you will be able to restore a backup on the same phone you created without password.As an alternative to the password related to backup, you can create a 64-digit encryption key, but the problems come to light again if you lose that.
It is not very clear when this function will reach the great mass of WhatsApp users, but it is important that it exists, and if you often exchange sensitive information through the chat application, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it.