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Signal Users Urged To Stay Alert As Hackers Target Backups
Hackers are launching phishing attacks against Signal users in an attempt to steal chat backups and account information.
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WhatsApp Working on Its Own Encrypted Cloud Backup to Reduce Reliance on Google Drive: Report
WhatsApp is said to be gearing up to launch its own encrypted cloud storage backup service. This update could offer WhatsApp more control over backup management. With the latest update, Android users will get two choices for backing up their chats: Google Drive or WhatsApp’s own cloud storage. WhatsApp’s own cloud storage could include 2GB of f...
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Startup Founder Claims Claude AI Agent Wiped Company's Database In Just "9 Seconds"
When Crane's engineering team confronted the agent in the chat interface, it confessed and listed the specific safety rules it had violated.
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How to Enable WhatsApp Backups With End-to-End Encryption Using a Passkey: A Step-By-Step Guide
WhatsApp allows users to create a backup of their end-to-end encrypted chats, which means that the messages that have been backed up are not accessible to a third party. These messages can only be read with a device with the unique 64-digit encryption key. However, this feature is only available on smartphones that are running Android 9 or newer ve...
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How to Restore WhatsApp Chats on Android and iPhone: A Step-by-Step Guide
WhatsApp allows users to back up and restore chats. This guide offers step-by-step methods for both Android and iOS users to back up chat history. Before starting, make sure you have an active internet connection and enough storage on your devices. Users can also set up recurring backups on their Android and iOS smartphones. Users cannot back up o...
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Year Ender 2025: WhatsApp Features Launched This Year
WhatsApp rolled out multiple updates this year that refined everyday messaging, calling, and privacy features without changing the app’s core structure. New tools made chats more expressive, added AI-assisted writing and summaries, improved call planning, and expanded Channels and Status discovery. The app also strengthened privacy with passkey-e...
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How to Delete a WhatsApp Account: Know the Steps, Things to Do Before Deactivation and Safety Tips
Deleting a WhatsApp account permanently removes your profile, chats, groups, and cloud backups linked to your phone number. Here we explain the difference between uninstalling and deleting, walk through step-by-step instructions for Android and iOS, and answer common questions so you know exactly what to expect before taking the step.
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How to Set Up WhatsApp's End-to-End Encrypted Chat Backups With a Passkey: A Step-By-Step Guide
Meta has introduced passkey support for encrypted WhatsApp chat backups, letting users restore encrypted chats using fingerprint, face, or screen lock instead of passwords or 64-digit keys. Passkeys are securely stored in a password manager for safer, simpler access. The feature, rolling out globally soon, enhances end-to-end encryption introduced ...
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WhatsApp Announces Passkey-Encrypted Chat Backups With Biometric Authentication for Extra Security
Meta Platforms on Friday announced a new security measure for keeping WhatsApp chat backups safe by encrypting them with passkeys. With passkey-encrypted chat backups, users will not be required to memorise a password or a 64-digit encryption key anymore. Instead, they can utilise the handset's buil-in security methods, such as fingerprints or faci...
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WhatsApp Drops Support for Unlimited Chat Backups on Google Drive With Latest Beta Update: Report
WhatsApp is now dropping support for unlimited chat backups on Google Drive for beta testers on Android, according to a report. Free cloud storage for users on Android smartphones is being discontinued, first for beta testers, followed by all users on Android smartphones in the first half of 2024.
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It's Time To Say Goodbye To Unlimited WhatsApp Backups. Here's Why
WhatsApp chat backups on Google Drive will no longer be free and will count against your Google account storage.
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WhatsApp Chat History and Media Backups on Android Will Soon Take Up Space on Google Account Storage
WhatsApp chat history and media backups for Android users are stored separately from their Google account cloud storage. With backups of the popular instant messaging app not taking up space on Google accounts, Android users have had the benefit of additional cloud storage space available for their photos, videos, emails and other files. That is go...
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Windows 11 Update Adds Copilot Integration, AI Features to MS Paint and Snipping Tool, More
Windows 11 is getting support for Windows Copilot as Microsoft's AI-powered assistant comes to the world's most widely used desktop operating system. Microsoft is also updating the MS Paint app and Snipping Tool with AI-based features. The Windows Explorer app and Windows Backup apps are being revamped with a new design and support for online backu...
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How to Transfer WhatsApp Chat History on Android or iOS Using QR Code
Meta has made it easier for WhatsApp users to transfer their chat from an old phone to a new phone without use of any backup or cloud services. WhatsApp now allows Android as well as iOS users to transfer their chat history, along with media attachments, between phones running the same OS. Here's the process to transfer WhatsApp chat history on And...
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WhatsApp Spotted Working on Sticker Maker Tool; Encrypted Chat Backup Password Reminders Rolling Out: Report
WhatsApp is working on a new sticker maker tool for iOS and Android phones, that is expected to allow users to create stickers just like WhatsApp Web. The feature, which is in development, could soon render third-party sticker tools obsolete.
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Signal Users Urged To Stay Alert As Hackers Target Backups
Hackers are launching phishing attacks against Signal users in an attempt to steal chat backups and account information.
-
WhatsApp Working on Its Own Encrypted Cloud Backup to Reduce Reliance on Google Drive: Report
WhatsApp is said to be gearing up to launch its own encrypted cloud storage backup service. This update could offer WhatsApp more control over backup management. With the latest update, Android users will get two choices for backing up their chats: Google Drive or WhatsApp’s own cloud storage. WhatsApp’s own cloud storage could include 2GB of f...
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Startup Founder Claims Claude AI Agent Wiped Company's Database In Just "9 Seconds"
When Crane's engineering team confronted the agent in the chat interface, it confessed and listed the specific safety rules it had violated.
-
How to Enable WhatsApp Backups With End-to-End Encryption Using a Passkey: A Step-By-Step Guide
WhatsApp allows users to create a backup of their end-to-end encrypted chats, which means that the messages that have been backed up are not accessible to a third party. These messages can only be read with a device with the unique 64-digit encryption key. However, this feature is only available on smartphones that are running Android 9 or newer ve...
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How to Restore WhatsApp Chats on Android and iPhone: A Step-by-Step Guide
WhatsApp allows users to back up and restore chats. This guide offers step-by-step methods for both Android and iOS users to back up chat history. Before starting, make sure you have an active internet connection and enough storage on your devices. Users can also set up recurring backups on their Android and iOS smartphones. Users cannot back up o...
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Year Ender 2025: WhatsApp Features Launched This Year
WhatsApp rolled out multiple updates this year that refined everyday messaging, calling, and privacy features without changing the app’s core structure. New tools made chats more expressive, added AI-assisted writing and summaries, improved call planning, and expanded Channels and Status discovery. The app also strengthened privacy with passkey-e...
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How to Delete a WhatsApp Account: Know the Steps, Things to Do Before Deactivation and Safety Tips
Deleting a WhatsApp account permanently removes your profile, chats, groups, and cloud backups linked to your phone number. Here we explain the difference between uninstalling and deleting, walk through step-by-step instructions for Android and iOS, and answer common questions so you know exactly what to expect before taking the step.
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How to Set Up WhatsApp's End-to-End Encrypted Chat Backups With a Passkey: A Step-By-Step Guide
Meta has introduced passkey support for encrypted WhatsApp chat backups, letting users restore encrypted chats using fingerprint, face, or screen lock instead of passwords or 64-digit keys. Passkeys are securely stored in a password manager for safer, simpler access. The feature, rolling out globally soon, enhances end-to-end encryption introduced ...
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WhatsApp Announces Passkey-Encrypted Chat Backups With Biometric Authentication for Extra Security
Meta Platforms on Friday announced a new security measure for keeping WhatsApp chat backups safe by encrypting them with passkeys. With passkey-encrypted chat backups, users will not be required to memorise a password or a 64-digit encryption key anymore. Instead, they can utilise the handset's buil-in security methods, such as fingerprints or faci...
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WhatsApp Drops Support for Unlimited Chat Backups on Google Drive With Latest Beta Update: Report
WhatsApp is now dropping support for unlimited chat backups on Google Drive for beta testers on Android, according to a report. Free cloud storage for users on Android smartphones is being discontinued, first for beta testers, followed by all users on Android smartphones in the first half of 2024.
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It's Time To Say Goodbye To Unlimited WhatsApp Backups. Here's Why
WhatsApp chat backups on Google Drive will no longer be free and will count against your Google account storage.
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WhatsApp Chat History and Media Backups on Android Will Soon Take Up Space on Google Account Storage
WhatsApp chat history and media backups for Android users are stored separately from their Google account cloud storage. With backups of the popular instant messaging app not taking up space on Google accounts, Android users have had the benefit of additional cloud storage space available for their photos, videos, emails and other files. That is go...
-
Windows 11 Update Adds Copilot Integration, AI Features to MS Paint and Snipping Tool, More
Windows 11 is getting support for Windows Copilot as Microsoft's AI-powered assistant comes to the world's most widely used desktop operating system. Microsoft is also updating the MS Paint app and Snipping Tool with AI-based features. The Windows Explorer app and Windows Backup apps are being revamped with a new design and support for online backu...
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How to Transfer WhatsApp Chat History on Android or iOS Using QR Code
Meta has made it easier for WhatsApp users to transfer their chat from an old phone to a new phone without use of any backup or cloud services. WhatsApp now allows Android as well as iOS users to transfer their chat history, along with media attachments, between phones running the same OS. Here's the process to transfer WhatsApp chat history on And...
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WhatsApp Spotted Working on Sticker Maker Tool; Encrypted Chat Backup Password Reminders Rolling Out: Report
WhatsApp is working on a new sticker maker tool for iOS and Android phones, that is expected to allow users to create stickers just like WhatsApp Web. The feature, which is in development, could soon render third-party sticker tools obsolete.
