Meta has announce a new method to secure WhatsApp chat backups using passkeys, stamp out the need to remember passwords or 64-digit encryption keys. You can restore encrypted chats using their fingerprint, face, or screen lock with this update.
Not like passwords, passkeys are store in a password manager, allowing secure sign-ins across devices.
This feature, test earlier in WhatsApp Beta, will roll out globally in the coming weeks, enhancing end-to-end encryption first introduced in 2021
How to Set Up WhatsApp Encrypted Chats with a Passkey?
WhatsApp now lets users secure and restore their encrypt chat backups using passkeys, eliminating the need to remember passwords or long encryption keys.
Follow These Steps:
- Open WhatsApp on your main device
- Go to Settings
- Navigate Chats
- Then End-to-end encrypted backup
- Look for the option to turn on passkeys.
A passkey uses your fingerprint, face, or screen lock for verification and is securely store in a password manager.
Also, you can protect their backups using a password or a 64-digit encryption key, which is a long, unique code automatically generated by WhatsApp.
But, if you lose your password, encryption key, or passkey, WhatsApp will not be able to restore your backup.
As with most WhatsApp updates, Meta said that passkey support for chat backups will roll out gradually over the next few weeks and months, so it may take some time before it appears for everyone.
How to Create a Passkey on WhatsApp?
Follow These Steps:
- Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
- Go to the settings menu.
- Tap Account.
- Tap Passkeys.
- Then Create Passkey.
- Click Continue.
How to Set Up Encrypted WhatsApp Chat Backups With a Passkey?
Follow These Steps:
- Open WhatsApp.
- Go to the settings menu.
- Tap Chats.
- Select Chat backup.
- Scroll down.
- Tap End-to-end encrypted backup.
- Select Use Passkey and follow the instructions on your screen.
NOTE : On iPhone, encrypted WhatsApp backups are excluded from the device’s regular iCloud and iTunes backups.
