WhatsApp warns millions of iPhone users they need to change this critical iPhone setting...
I have warned about the dangers of unencrypted backups multiple times. “We figured you’d be excited about this one,” WhatsApp’s spokesperson said when they called to tell me that encrypted backups was ready and set for deployment. And now it’s here. The only problem is the way Apple sets up its iPhone could spoil the party.
Zuckerberg has attacked iMessage in the past for security weaknesses relating to this iCloud backup. “iMessage stores non-end-to-end encrypted backups of your messages by default unless you disable iCloud,” he has warned. “Apple and governments have the ability to access most people's messages. So, when it comes to what matters most—protecting people's messages, I think that WhatsApp is clearly superior.
WhatsApp’s encrypted backup solution is technically clever, storing encryption keys on third-party servers protected by user-generated passwords, all outside WhatsApp’s reach, all of which is rendered useless if you don’t delve into your iPhone settings. “We recommend disabling iCloud backup when you set up end-to-end encrypted backup in WhatsApp,” the platform says.Unlike iMessage, you don’t need to disable iCloud backup completely, and so it’s much better.
If you’re an iMessage user, you can make it fully secure by disabling the general iCloud backup. iCloud’s general backup is less critical than it was in the past, given that so many of our apps and services sync continually to the cloud. If you want to secure your WhatsApp backup, so long as you have turned encrypted backups on, you can just toggle off WhatsApp within iCloud as you can see in the graphic below.The idea of a general iCloud backup needs to be rethought.
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