Safety is key in every service, but even more so in messaging services, where on many occasions there is sensitive information in the exchange of messages.
In recent days, WhatsApp has started testing different functionalities and that have been made known thanks to WaBetaInfo, a well-known filter dedicated almost exclusively to leaks about the new functions of the most used messaging service in the world.
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Beyond the fall that the service suffered a few days ago, the company seems to be taking the security of its backups more and more seriously, in such a way that in the last beta they are already encrypted, like the messages, so that it is practically impossible to know their content.
Currently, backups are encrypted, but not encrypted, also, let’s remember that WhatsApp does not have its own cloud, but when storing files it uses Google Drive or iCloud, depending on the device you use.
In this way, it will be necessary to enter a password so that the backup can be accessed. In fact, if you have beta 2.21.21.3 you can already try to encrypt your backups.
However, WhatsApp news does not end here. The company owned by Zuckerberg continues to work on different novelties, some as peculiar as the automatic deletion of messages once a time has passed that we can determine.
The latter has been talked about for a long time, but now new information has emerged that suggests that there would be four different options to eliminate them: 24 hours, 7 days, 90 days or never.
It is a way to free up space on your device, although you will also have to be careful if you want to keep certain conversations safe. It will be necessary to see how they apply it and if you can choose in which chats to activate it.