What information will Google want to know about you and how can you best prepare for this situation so you don’t lose access to your account completely.

The company itself mentions this on its FAQ website “Media and messages you back up aren’t protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.”.As mentioned by the WABeta Info account, Google Drive backup of chats might finally be encrypted.

Google this evening began alerting Takeout users about the “technical issue.” From November 21-25, 2019, those that requested backups could have had videos in Google Photos “incorrectly exported to unrelated users’ archives.”.

Messages are also stored using end-to-encryption but as said earlier, this is nullified if the user also enabled iCloud Backup.

The following steps will help you switch from the app’s clones to the original WhatsApp with all your chat data intact as if nothing even ever happened;.

iCloud backups contain a copy of almost all the data on your devices, and although they are encrypted, Apple does hold the key. However, end-to-end encryption is used for all browser data from iOS 13 and macOS Catalina, so then Apple will have no access.

This is what many people refer to as a "Threat Model".What I am saying is: When choosing a cloud storage provider, we should think about our personal privacy and security, as these two things go hand in hand these days.

The Facebook page ExploitWareLabs at 5:32 p.m. on Sunday uploaded a post which included a list of DNS (Domain Name System) queries being delivered behind the scenes from a new Huawei P30 Pro. A DNS query (also known as a DNS request) is a demand for information sent from a user's computer (DNS client) to a DNS server.

Dave Johnson/Business Insider Instead, you need to reset the iPhone to its factory settings and then restore your apps and data from a backup. After it's erased, it'll be returned to its factory settings and you can follow the directions to restore the iPhone with a recent backup.

Microsoft is one of the giants that can further improve how user security is handled, as the EFF says that Windows 10 should actually allow customers who install the Home version of the operating system to keep the disk encryption keys to themselves.

Borg is super flexible but it does not cover “the last mile” some users would expect — things like periodic running, default opinionated setup, and desktop notifications integration. It also offers opinionated borg configuration for pragmatic remote backups with focus on security and efficiency.

After verifying that a backup exists, simply delete and reinstall WhatsApp from the App store, verify your phone number, and follow the on-screen prompts to restore your chat history.

Two-step verification is an extra layer of security used to protect accounts. The most secure way to protect accounts is by using a security key. A security key is a hardware device that you can either plug into your computer via USB or connect to wirelessly via your phone.

Go to Settings and select Backup and Reset. After this, your phone will be reset to original settings and your data will be wiped clean. With just two easy steps, you can reset your phone to old factory settings.

If the Backup and Sync settings on your Android phone are turned on, your photos will automatically be uploaded to Google Photos. If you don’t have backup and sync on your phone, your photos will not be automatically uploaded to the cloud.

During his Congressional hearing, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Facebook doesn’t have access to WhatsApp chats thanks to end-to-end encryption. Nevertheless, communication channels between the WhatsApp and Facebook iOS apps could be abused to leak data from the entire chat history.

A VPN company might offer Chrome and Mozilla plugins that automatically encrypt your traffic as soon as you start browsing and you’ll never have to open the app. A VPN browser plugin will not support several applications including these:

If the attacker has your iPhone and your passcode is compromised, you lose your data; your passwords to third-party online accounts; your Apple ID password (and obviously the second authentication factor is not a problem).

All WhatsApp data backed up using Google Drive will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption. “Important: Media and messages you back up aren’t protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.”

For Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2010 , click File menu à Options tab à Advanced Further, click ‘ AutoArchive Settings ’ button following which ‘AutoArchive’ dialog box opens.