Your live WhatsApp messages and backups are both protected by end-to-end encryption, but so far you’ve only had the option of using a passkey to access your messages. Accessing backups required a password instead.
That’s all changing now as the company is in the process of rolling out passkey support for backups …
Engadget reported the development.
WhatsApp is rolling out passkeys for backups, which is great news for anyone who has been on the platform for years. This will add another layer of security to anything that’s been backed up, including chats, photos, voice notes and more.
The feature is rolling out today, but it’ll take a few weeks to reach every user […] Once updated, folks can get started by heading to the Settings tab.
As someone who has been arguing for a decade now that passwords are horrible, I’m still waiting impatiently to live in a world where we can access everything using passkeys instead.
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