WhatsApp user reminder!Hackers can use this vulnerability to access chat and check how to protect messages | Technology News

New Delhi: WhatsApp is undoubtedly the most popular messaging platform in the world. Although the app promises to provide end-to-end encryption for chats, a cybersecurity researcher pointed out that hackers can steal access to our personal chats and media through cloud backups.

For those who are unfamiliar, WhatsApp protects our personal chats with contacts through end-to-end encryption, which ensures that only the sender and receiver can access the messages and the media shared between them.

However, now a security expert has questioned the handling of WhatsApp chat backups, which are stored in the cloud without end-to-end encryption. The Mirror quoted experts as saying that malicious actors can hack into our Google account to access your personal chats and media.

But this is not the first time security experts have questioned the security of cloud backup. However, you can use the disappearing message option to protect your chat. These messages will disappear after a period of time and will not be stored in the cloud backup.

According to reports, in order to make WhatsApp a secure platform, the company is now also working to introduce end-to-end encryption into cloud backup. In a tweet, WABetaInfo stated: “WhatsApp is also committed to bringing end-to-end encrypted local backup to the WhatsApp beta version of Android! They are doing E2EE backup on Google Drive, but they will also expand the local backup function. This feature will Available in a future update.” Please also read: How to verify your email address and mobile number on the Aadhaar card

WABetaInfo first discovered the end-to-end encryption function in the test. According to reports, WhatsApp will provide users with a password to unlock the backup. If the user forgets their explanation, they can use the 64-bit recovery key to access the backup. Please also read: Pegasus: The Supreme Court said that if the media reports are correct, the charges are serious