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@Froot I'm talking specifically about WhatsApp's backup feature that lets you restore your media and conversations on a new device. Not to use it outside of the app. When you do a backup in the app they warn you it's not encrypted in iCloud so I'm wondering why they can't just generate a key on backup.
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Okay I'm probably going to get flak for this but...
WhatsApp chats are apparently e2e secure. Except when you back them up, right? Why not, when you create a backup (iCloud, google drive, whatever), have the app generate a password protected key pair and use that to encrypt/decrypt the backup?
When restoring the backup, use the password you set for the key et voila! While at rest, that backup is still encrypted.
Or have I missed something completely?
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