How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files

Re:How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files by londons_explore on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:30AM (#22223554)

I can confirm that there are opensource projects to send and receive (and hence encrypt and decrypt) WhatsApp media files, and they have been around for a long time.

Any forensics expert ought to know about them.

The fact these didn't probably means we should question the rest of the report.

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Re:How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files by BuildTheRobots on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:49AM (#22223660)

Is there any reason why you can't name them please, for those of us who weren't aware?

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Re:How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files by londons_explore on Monday February 03, 2020 @08:04AM (#22223755)

For example: https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup

The code is a bit nightmarish, but it's hackable to do whatever you like. Whatsapp will ban you if they detect you using it, so make sure to update the client version numbers etc, and use a burner number for testing if using their live servers.

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Re:How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files by BuildTheRobots on Monday February 03, 2020 @11:47AM (#22225919)

Thank you - especially for the hints :)

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Re:How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files by tinus_hn on Monday February 03, 2020 @09:26AM (#22224353)

This is not a bug though. End to end encryption does mean the endpoints have access. So your own iPhone (obviously) has access to the videos you can see in the app.

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