Your Whatsapp chat backups are now encrypted with passkey
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Manisha Priyadarshini Published October 30, 2025 |
What’s happened? Whatsapp is introducing biometric-based encryption for chat backups, replacing manual passwords and long recovery keys that feels like it came from NASA. This follows WhatsApp’s previous anti-leak chat feature rollout; a privacy upgrade you should probably enable if you haven’t yet.
This is important because: Your chat history isn’t just text — it’s voice notes, photos, group messages, and important conversations. WhatsApp says many people carry “years of precious memories” in their chats. “That’s why protecting them if you ever lose your phone or need to transfer to a new device is so important.”
What’s next? Your backup just got as easy to protect as your screen lock. Once the Whatsapp chat backup encryption hits your device
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