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Ten days and 40 attempts could not move his chats out of encrypted backups

Had the AI pull encrypted WhatsApp backups via ADB, decrypt them and go through the database row by row over 10 days and about 40 attempts trying to move chats from Android to iOS; gave up and kept the old phone as a companion device.

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How it works

  1. He has the AI pull encrypted chat backups from the phone, decrypt them and go through the database row by row
  2. Over 10 days and about 40 attempts
  3. The move does not get done

Why it’s worth knowing

Row by row for 10 days is effort; the wall was encryption doing its job.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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