More privacy options
WhatsApp announced on Friday that it would add an end-to-end encryption option to users backup messages.
In addition, end-to-end encrypted backups will only be supported on a users equipment.
“The cryptographic strength of K in terms of length is 256 bits, i.e., 32 bytes.
That key K is only known to the client and is never transmitted outside of the client unencrypted.”
The Vergenotes that WhatsApps announcement puts its encryption capabilities ahead of Apple’s.
