Losing my WhatsApp chat histories would suck. It’d have no discernible impact on my day-to-day life going forward, but I look at my WhatsApp group chat histories as a sort of time capsule. It’s how my groups of friends organize themselves.

When I want to look back upon what we were up to in February 2020 or Christmas 2023 or whatever, I’ll sometimes scroll way back in time to see. You’d better believe I have automatic backups enabled on my phone’s WhatsApp settings.

Meta (owner of WhatsApp) just made it easier to encrypt entire WhatsApp backups with an update last week that’s already gradually rolling out. You should take advantage and turn it on.

the new, password-less method

“Passkeys will allow you to use your fingerprint, face, or screen lock code to end-to-end encrypt your chat ba

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