Security News > 2021 > October > WhatsApp rolls out iOS, Android end-to-end encrypted chat backups
WhatsApp is rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing your chats, regardless of where they are stored.
Currently, WhatsApp allows you to create backups of all your chats and store them on online storage services.
While conversations on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, the backups stored on cloud services are not and could theoretically be accessed by anyone who has access to your phone or takes it over via a SIM swap attack.
Starting today, Facebook announced that WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature where you can perform end-to-end encryption of your chat backups, regardless of where they are stored.
"Neither WhatsApp nor your backup service provider will be able to read your backups or access the key required to unlock it."
Once end-to-end encrypted backups are enabled, you will not be able to restore any backups to your device without knowing the password.