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saidinesh5 ◴[] No.44502341[source]
Not exactly related, but does anyone know what's the best way to backup WhatsApp data on an Android phone without using Google drive these days?
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ilpianista ◴[] No.44502388[source]
I use Syncthing to backup WA and Signal
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amlib ◴[] No.44502589[source]
But isn't it quite useless to backup WA when it's all encrypted and you can't backup the key?
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ilpianista ◴[] No.44503749[source]
The backup key is shown the first time you enable encryption.
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fransje26 ◴[] No.44503901[source]
Would you happen to have good resources detailing the process?
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ilpianista ◴[] No.44504947[source]
Pretty much what I summarized back in 2019: https://scarpino.dev/posts/automated-phone-backup-with-synct...

Nowayadays Syncthing is no more maintained due to some PlayStore drama, but Syncthing-Fork is a good replacement.

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1. fransje26 ◴[] No.44507903[source]
I'll start from there, thanks!