LukeSky@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoNoob Question: Is It safe to send newborn photos through WhatsApp? If it's not, why?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down14
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareNoob Question: Is It safe to send newborn photos through WhatsApp? If it's not, why?LukeSky@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·11 months agoAs far as anyone knows WhatsApp uses secure end to end encryption. So only your device and the other person’s device has access to the picture. The only downside is that WhatsApp is a closed source program, so it isn’t verifiable that the encryption is correctly implemented.
minus-squareHagarashi8@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoAlso, even now, your message could be thousand times encrypted - Google drive backups are not. At least by default. Don’t know anything about iOS, but probably same.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoiOS WhatsApp backups can also be E2E encrypted, but I don’t believe it’s on by default.
As far as anyone knows WhatsApp uses secure end to end encryption. So only your device and the other person’s device has access to the picture.
The only downside is that WhatsApp is a closed source program, so it isn’t verifiable that the encryption is correctly implemented.
Also, even now, your message could be thousand times encrypted - Google drive backups are not. At least by default. Don’t know anything about iOS, but probably same.
iOS WhatsApp backups can also be E2E encrypted, but I don’t believe it’s on by default.