{"id":37056,"date":"2025-10-30T18:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/whatsapp-introduces-passkeys-for-end-to-end-encrypted-chat-backups\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:51:23","slug":"whatsapp-introduces-passkeys-for-end-to-end-encrypted-chat-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/whatsapp-introduces-passkeys-for-end-to-end-encrypted-chat-backups\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp introduces passkeys for end-to-end encrypted chat backups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp_beefs_up_backups_with_passkey_support.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp introduces passkeys for end-to-end encrypted chat backups\" title=\"WhatsApp introduces passkeys for end-to-end encrypted chat backups\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp introduces passkey support for end-to-end encrypted backups, enabling biometric or device screen lock access for lost devices. Previously lacking an encryption layer for chat backups, WhatsApp integrated end-to-end encryption in 2021, utilizing either passwords or 64-character encryption keys.<\/p>\n<p>The previous methods necessitated users to recall backup passwords or possess encryption keys for restoration. Passkeys eliminate this requirement.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp, which reported over 3 billion active users in May, will implement this feature to users over the coming weeks and months. Users can enable encrypted backups and check for the passkey option via Settings &gt; Chats &gt; Chat backup &gt; End-to-end encrypted backup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image credit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp introduces passkey support for end-to-end encrypted backups, enabling biometric or device screen lock access for lost devices. Previously lacking an encryption layer for chat backups, WhatsApp integrated end-to-end encryption in 2021, utilizing either passwords or 64-character encryption keys. The previous methods necessitated users to recall backup passwords or possess encryption keys for restoration. Passkeys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technologies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}