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Re:Apple's privacy labels show WhatsApp and Facebook Messeng... by 8fingerlouie on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:54AM (#25684156)
Seems i was wrong, though backup is encrypted. The "issue" is that the encrypted backup contains a copy of your key used to decrypt the (encrypted) messages within the backup.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

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Re:Apple's privacy labels show WhatsApp and Facebook Messeng... by galad87 on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:01AM (#25684212)
Yes, but you can use Messages in iCloud and keep iCloud Backup off.
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