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Not in Germany: https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-save-your-chat-history https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-save-your-chat... Don't ask
by doersino 6y ago
Not in Germany: https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-save-your-chat-history https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-save-your-chat...
Don't ask me what's leading WhatsApp's legal department to believe that this feature doesn't comply with German privacy laws. It's quite puzzling. (I would've rather expected a feature like this to be mandated by EU laws.)
As of now, there's no non-hacky way of exporting chats for German users. (Hacky ways include: dubious third-party software, copying each message individually, taking screenshots.)
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoCan you obtain that same information via a GPDR request for all of the information they have about you?
- doersino 6y agoMessages and associated media aren't permanently stored on WhatsApp's servers, so sadly this wouldn't help much with chat export.
- hexaz 6y agoMost probably not privacy related, but the result of Blackberry suing Facebook over some patent stuff in Germany. (German source: https://t3n.de/news/whatsapp-kein-chat-export-mehr-1238327/ https://t3n.de/news/whatsapp-kein-chat-export-mehr-1238327/)
- doersino 6y agoThanks for the pointer! Of course it's software patent trolling, ugh.
- fencepost 6y agoTime for a road trip?