WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption for chats, calls and even the files you transfer. The messaging app offers encryption security for chat backups as well but now the platform is making it easy to secure these messages and content with the help of passkeys.
These are the go-to mode for a password-less digital account and WhatsApp is allowing people to use the feature to secure their chat backups. Using passkey for encrypted chat backups means you can simply use the fingerprint sensor or Face ID and have the content secure.
WhatsApp Chat Backups Encrypted Using Passkey: How It Works
Before this, WhatsApp needed you to set up a password or a 64-digit encryption key to encrypt the backup chats which is not the easiest to do for all users. So, bringing passkeys to set up protection for t

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