This is the biggest 'WhatsApp mistake' you are making on Android phones - Times of India

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp users generally have a tendency to backup all chats: be it relevant or not. While storage is not an issue as WhatsApp backups don’t count toward your Google Drive space, what is more concerning is that these WhatsApp backups may not be secured. This is because for Android phone users, the WhatsApp chats that get backed up on Google Drives, loses the default end-to-end (E2E) encryption. On the other hand, WhatsApp backups on iCloud, for iPhone users, these are encrypted.
So, the next time you are trying to backup any sensitive chat on WhatsApp on Android, remember it is probably not a good idea as there would be no encryption at all. This is one of the biggest weaknesses in the entire WhatsApp E2E environment in Android.
Thankfully, WhatsApp is reportedly working encrypting Google Drive chat backups. Android users can soon expect to password protect their WhatsApp chat backups on Google Drives, however, there is no official date yet as to when this feature would be available.
“The feature is in an alpha stage of development, so what we’re showing now is very poor but it’s enough to understand what’s its purpose. Basically the feature allows you to encrypt your backup with a password, so you’re sure that nobody (neither WhatsApp nor Google) will be able to see its content,” according to WA Beta Info.
Meanwhile, you can opt to disable auto chat backup in Google Drive or iCloud. Instead of chat backups, you can export specific chats. If some chats are important and needs to be saved, it’s a good idea to export them and save it securely somewhere else. Unnecessarily backing up all WhatsApp chats takes up storage and is often of little use. Also, disable the option to automatically add all WhatsApp media files in your phone’s gallery. WhatsApp photos consume your phone’s internal storage when they are saved in gallery. So, unless you explicitly want all those silly ‘good morning’ photographs from appearing in your gallery, disable this option in the settings menu.

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