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Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall

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On 13/01/2021 21.03, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, Frank Slootweg  <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>>   You should have been "unpleasantly surprised" if the uninstall *did*
>> remove the WhatsApp folder!
> 
> It should be (and I think is) a configurable option when uninstalling
> the app. If I'm going to pass the phone on to a new user, I'll want to
> uninstall the app AND delete the data, for sure, even if the new user is
> my kid.

In that case, I do a factory reset. Or an "android" reset.

> 
>>   (As others also explained.) It contains *your* *data*. It's nobody's
>> business to delete it, unless the uninstall procedure asked for your
>> approval to delete. (Yes, I did ask about your *media* and you said it
>> was OK to delete that, but it didn't ask about your messages ('Chats' in
>> WhatsApp lingo)).
> 
> Okay, so I've got my data in an encrypted database. What can I do with
> it? It sure looks like nothing, without installing Whatsapp.

Well, you might want to install wasap again in some months time :-p


It is a fair question, I don't know if there is a third party tool that
can at least read that database.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-12 20:27 +0000
  Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-12 22:09 +0100
    Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-12 21:19 +0000
      Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-12 22:24 +0100
        Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-12 22:59 +0000
          Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 16:09 +0100
          Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 15:32 +0000
            Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-13 17:07 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 18:36 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-13 19:47 +0000
            Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-13 20:03 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-13 20:28 +0000
              Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-01-13 21:29 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 23:03 +0100
                Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-13 22:37 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 23:55 +0100
                Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:40 +0000
        Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-12 23:02 +0000
          Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-13 10:11 +0000
            Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 16:10 +0100
              Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall &y <reply@group.please> - 2021-01-13 17:15 +0000
                Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-13 23:05 +0100
  Re: WhatsApp leftovers after uninstall David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2021-01-13 14:59 +0000

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