{"id":970913,"date":"2025-10-31T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=970913"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:52:18","slug":"whatsapp-rolls-out-passkey-encryption-for-chat-backups-heres-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/10\/31\/whatsapp-rolls-out-passkey-encryption-for-chat-backups-heres-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp rolls out passkey encryption for chat backups, here\u2019s how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is introducing passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android users, allowing them to secure their chat history using fingerprints, facial recognition, or device screen locks instead of passwords. The feature eliminates the need to memorize cumbersome 64-digit encryption keys, making backup protection more accessible through a simple tap or glance.<\/p>\n<p>How WhatsApp\u2019s passkey encrypted chat backup works<br \/>\nWhatsApp first introduced end-to-end encrypted backups in 2021, becoming the first major messaging platform to offer this level of protection for stored messages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is introducing passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android users, allowing them to secure their chat history using fingerprints, facial recognition, or device screen locks instead of passwords. The feature eliminates the need to memorize cumbersome 64-digit encryption keys, making backup protection more accessible through a simple tap or glance. How WhatsApp\u2019s passkey encrypted chat backup works WhatsApp first introduced end-to-end encrypted backups in 2021, becoming the first major messaging platform to offer this level of protection for stored messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,88,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-970913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}