BRAND-NEW DELHI: WhatsApp users generally have a tendency to backup all chats: be it appropriate or not. While storage is not a problem as WhatsApp backups don’t count towards your Google Drive area, what is more concerning is that these WhatsApp backups might not be protected. This is due to the fact that for Android phone users, the WhatsApp chats that get backed up on Google Drives, loses the default end-to-end (E2E) file encryption. On the other hand, WhatsApp backups on iCloud, for iPhone users, these are encrypted.
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