Nowadays personal chats of people are leaked on social media sites. After which the users have a lot of trouble. Many such cases have also come to light from WhatsApp, in which people’s WhatsApp chats have been leaked. The question is, when WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted, then how can anyone’s chats get leaked.
how whatsapp chats leak
Through the news, you must have heard about WhatsApp Chat Leak many times. The question arises that how WhatsApp chats are leaked. Because the app claims that WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted. WhatsApp added the feature of chat encryption to its platform many years ago. Even after this, how do people’s chats get leaked. End-to-end encryption means that only the sender or reader can read WhatsApp chats. No third person in the middle will be able to access this data. Even whatsapp or facebook cannot read messages of users.
There are only a few reasons for any WhatsApp chat to be leaked. If someone accesses your phone and leaks the chat from there, the chances are very high. Also you get caught in a criminal case and your phone gets caught by the police. In such a situation, the police can take the help of forensic team to unlock your phone.
Apart from this, your chats are encrypted on WhatsApp, but chat backup is not encrypted on Google Drive or iCloud. However, some time ago the company has started giving end-to-end encryption in the backup. Therefore, till now most of the cases of WhatsApp chat leaks used to come from the cloud. Police can also get your data from here. Apart from this, government agencies like Google and Apple can approach with court orders. These are some of the possibilities when your data can get leaked.
In some cases, someone can also leak the chat by accessing your whatsapp web version. Because now it is not necessary to always have data in your phone for WhatsApp Web. Multi device support is available on the platform.
By the way, WhatsApp does not share your data with the government. The government and WhatsApp have also reached the court regarding this issue. Especially about the fast-shared message in the group. It is a challenge for whatsapp and government to stop fake news and misleading information. Because end-to-end encryption makes it impossible to trace the first sender.
What is end-to-end encryption
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Chats made with WhatsApp Messenger are protected with end-to-end encryption. With end-to-end encryption, your messages and calls stay only between you and the people you chat with. No one else can read or hear them.
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