Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by brenden2 on Saturday September 28, 2019 @11:40AM
(#21100944)
Yep, the chat log backup basically renders WhatsApp completely insecure. They also constantly nag you inside the app to enable it. This is how they caught Michael Cohen (and presumably others). Unfortunately Signal does it, too.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by gsich on Saturday September 28, 2019 @11:44AM
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Signals backups are encrypted.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by vbezhenar on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:17PM
(#21101945)
How are they restored? Is it password-encrypted?
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by henryaj on Saturday September 28, 2019 @03:49PM
(#21102464)
Yes, you're given a random password when you enable backups that you need to use when restoring. They don't get uploaded to the cloud. On iOS there's no backup feature at all AFAIK.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by gsich on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:32PM
(#21102040)
you copy them to your new phone. yes.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by uoylj on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:21PM
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And local.. whatsapp tries to get you to send unencrypted backups to google drive.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by commandersaki on Sunday September 29, 2019 @05:49AM
(#21106132)
At least on iOS - whatsapp doesn't seem to nag about backups (i don't think i've ever enabled it), but you can do a local backup/restore if you replace handset. Signal encrypts your chats locally (but not binary blobs/video/images) but they cannot be backed up and restored locally.