The developers of the popular WhatsApp messenger continue to test new useful features. Previously it became that the application will receive support for dark mode. Now network sources are talking about the imminent launch of a tool that will help increase the level of confidentiality of user data.
Not long ago, a beta version of WhatsApp 2.20.66 became available to a limited number of users. The developers have added a number of new features to this version of the application, the main one of which is the ability to protect user backups with a password.
Since the new feature was discovered in the WhatsApp version for devices based on AndroidIt's difficult to say whether this feature will be available to iOS smartphone owners. The announcement states that password protection for backups stored in Google Drive is currently in development, so it's unclear when it will be available in the stable version of the messenger. Essentially, setting a password for backup data will prevent Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, or Google from accessing user information. To use the new feature, you'll need to activate it in the backup settings menu and set a password.
It is currently unknown how exactly the new feature will work. Obviously, users will not be able to recover chat history without entering the password that was set in the settings. The feature in question will appear in one of the next stable versions of the WhatsApp messenger.
Source: 3dnews.ru
