WhatsApp Testing Secure Chat Backups Feature

WhatsApp is in the early phases of testing a new privacy feature on the messaging platform that will allow users to secure their chat backups, according to WABetaInfo. Currently, WhatsApp on iPhone lets users back up their chat history to iCloud, but messages and media that users back up are not protected by WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption while in ‌iCloud‌. This new feature would resolve that security hole by allowing users to encrypt and password protect their chat history before uploadin...