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How Meta Is Strengthening End-to-End Encrypted Backups

This dispatch discusses Meta's efforts to enhance end-to-end encryption for backups in WhatsApp and Messenger using a hardware security module (HSM)-based Backup Key Vault. This system aims to protect user message history with a recovery code stored in tamper-resistant hardware, inaccessible to Meta.

Meta Engineering·May 1, 2026

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