Facebook has just posted the following type of WhatsApp in the Google Play Store betas program. As wabetainfo discovered in this version, the app can let you encrypt backup copies stored in Google Drive, something new that can be accessed on the iPhone.
It is written yes, but what about the copies?
The WhatsApp app writes content to auto-connect. Therefore, this information can only be read. sender and receiver of the message. However there are exceptions. When we store a backup copy of our conversations on a device, the app stores this information without any protection. Later on the iCloud backup stores all the contents of our iPhone, including the unencrypted WhatsApp database. This may have changed depending on the beta version of Android.
The ability to write content to backup content can mean, depending on how encryption is designed, the only way to access the contents of this service is closed. We do not currently know the details of this function in the developmental alpha phase. It should be noted that, while it seems reasonable that all WhatsApp customers enjoy the same level of security, the appearance on Android does not mean that it will come to the iPhone.
And is it a big change? It will. If we are concerned about the security of the content of our conversations, we may not do your backup. In doing so, however, remember to access our backup we only have one with Apple. When would Apple get our backup? In the case of a judicial authority. In these cases, Apple is bringing a copy of iCloud content, which now includes an anonymous copy of WhatsApp chats.
It really is a feature that will be adopted, however, and if we are concerned about the privacy of our communications, there are alternatives such as Signal, an app used by the United States Senate for communication between employees.
Source | WABetaInfo
