signal-export VS WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

question is in the title. I already found out that it is close to impossible to export all chats from iPhone to Android. Could it be possible via https://github.com/carderne/signal-export? Is there any other possibility (even third party app)?

In exported our conversation on signal via signal export and used d3 to plot the data. Annotations were added in figma.

Use this to try and export the chat into an unencrypted txt

This export utility worked for me on Linux (it's also supposed to work with Windows and MacOS but I haven't tested it).

I found a wonderful repository ( https://github.com/carderne/signal-export/ ) that supports exporting from modern desktop! But, I have some old old old laptops I'd like to repurpose, but I don't want to lose my old old old messages.

I only stumbled across backing up the Desktop Version to markdown files. It worked nicely for me: https://github.com/carderne/signal-export (You will have to use the Terminal though)

This [0] (I made this) will let you get your messages out into Markdown/HTML + attachments, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to get them back onto your phone yet.

[0] https://github.com/carderne/signal-export

If you have all messages (or at least some that you wanna save) on your desktop, you can run this, I've done it with success. https://github.com/carderne/signal-export

https://github.com/carderne/signal-export (forked from the previous one, last updated jan 2022)

Correct, that's what I'm dealing with. And if you uninstall the app all local backups are lost, so you will only rely on what you have on Google Drive. That's my case right now, so I'm doing a backup from Google Drive to my computer using this tool to keep all data safe, in case it's useful for anyone else: https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

Or you can set your own password on Android, and therefore not require rooting. (WhatsApp gives you that option) I do that for my own backups. Download them via Google Drive [0] and then use this tool to decrypt them [1][2]

[0] https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

[1] https://github.com/ElDavoo/WhatsApp-Crypt14-Crypt15-Decrypte...

[2] https://github.com/ElDavoo/WhatsApp-Crypt14-Crypt15-Decrypte...

Das geht mit https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

> This sends an encrypted blob of all your messages to Apple/Google, and WhatsApp holds the key

It is a plain text backup to Google Drive. You can extract it yourself, with just your google account credentials. There is no key whatsapp holds. Google can read it all, and has revealed the chats to help the govt it in multiple high profile celebrity cases here in India.

You can extract it yourself - https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

> You’re referring to the optional backup that requires users to opt-in.

With telegram, if you enable secret chats, it is never backed up to the cloud. It is a guarentee, unlike whatsapp where you do not know whether your contact has enabled cloud backups

Full disclosure: I begrudgingly use WhatsApp. I really don’t like it. You’re spreading misinformation, though.

You can extract it yourself.

https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

I do not vouch for this repo, but it gets the job done.

The only creds required are your Google account creds. No per-user whatsapp keys necessary.