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Backups that do not
eat up
all your storage space and encrypted.
These are the two great novelties of WhatsApp with which the social network owned by Mark Zuckerberg
hopes to improve the user experience
.
On the one hand, WhatsApp works on a new function to allow its users to control the size of their backup copies in the cloud, which
makes it possible to exclude certain types of files such
as images or videos to save space.
In the latest beta of WhatsApp for Android mobiles, version 2.21.21.7, a menu entitled '
Manage the size of the backup
' has appeared, as reported by the specialized portal WABetaInfo.
In this section of the menu,
includes a list with different types of data that the user can decide to include or not in their backup copies: chat, user settings, images, audios, videos, documents and other formats.
Under each section, the application provides an estimate of the weight of each type of file, and allows you to uncheck it to save space in the
final backup
.
Although the function is still under development and is not in operation, WABetaInfo has pointed out that WhatsApp backups on
Android
, which until now were stored in Google Drive in an unlimited way, could have a limit of 2,000MB per user , about 2GB.
WhatsApp with encrypted backups
The WhatsApp messaging application has launched its
end-to-end encrypted
cloud backup function
, which from this Thursday will be able to use its mobile users with iOS and Android operating systems.
WhatsApp had end-to-end encryption on its messages
for five years
.
It is an encryption system that generates keys that are only stored on the device and that prevents any third party from accessing the content, even the provider itself.
Now, the company has announced in a statement sent to Europa Press that from this Thursday users around the world will be able to access end-to-end encryption also for cloud backups on
Google Drive and Apple's iCloud.
The application, owned by Facebook, had already announced this function in September through its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and now it has finalized
its arrival in its version for Android and iOS mobiles
.
users
will be able to protect their backup with end-to-end encryption
using a password of their own choosing or a 64-digit encryption key that only the user will know.
Using this encryption technique, not even WhatsApp or the
backup provider
(Google Drive or iCloud) will be able to read the backups or have access to the key to unlock them.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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