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Thanks for the clarification. I think they added the "encrypt backup feature" after the first version was unencrypted. There was a dust-up about it on HN at the time, so likely they were pressured. 

But as you said, I don't really trust the E2E encryption anyways....

freetx

It's not the default, but there's an option to use E2EE:

But yeah, I think it shouldn't be possible to back up your chats unencrypted. Most WA users probably don't know and/or don't care, though. So as a business, especially as one that pioneered privacy invasion as a business model, I understand why it's the default.

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Texas sues Meta, WhatsApp over encryption privacy claims

m0wer

It's not the default, but there's an option to use E2EE:

![](https://m.stacker.news/142416)

But yeah, I think it shouldn't be possible to back up your chats unencrypted. Most WA users probably don't know and/or don't care, though. So as a business, especially as one that pioneered privacy invasion as a business model, I understand why it's the default.