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>It's not that rare. It happens anytime the other user gets a new phone, or re-installs WhatsApp. That, and the messages also have to be sent while the user is

by whyoh 10y ago

>It's not that rare. It happens anytime the other user gets a new phone, or re-installs WhatsApp. That, and the messages also have to be sent while the user is offline, otherwise there is no vulnerability--assuming you enabled the currently available notifications. So I still believe it's a very rare circumstance and very few people would get "annoyed" by a notification/confirmation for that specific circumstance. >It would be nice if they (optionally) offered you a choice to re-send the message, or discard it. That's exactly what I had in mind.

FabHK 10y ago
> and the messages also have to be sent while the user is offline, otherwise there is no vulnerability a) the notification and concomitant irritation to non-technical users is there when the other user switches phone, whether they were online or not b) the vulnerability is there when the server is compromised, whether the other user is online or not (can just filter out "delivery receipts")