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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by righthand on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:02PM (#47781037)
If I can log into whatsapp on a new device and old messages aren’t encrypted then they have a copy of your key and it is not true e2e encryption.
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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by Mordisquitos on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:14PM (#47781215)
Try logging in on a new device and putting your main device into aeroplane mode as soon as the login succeeds. Loading of old messages on the new device will stop.
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Re:Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send by lukebennett on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:47PM (#47781712)
You can't unless you've chosen to back up your WhatsApp messages to iCloud/Google in which case it's Apple/Google responsible for preserving the messages and subject to their encryption standards, nothing to do with Meta.
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