I think you’re thinking of iMessage. WhatsApp backups are encrypted: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1192377921246090/?locale=en_US&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr https://faq.

I think you’re thinking of iMessage. WhatsApp backups are encrypted: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1192377921246090/?locale=en_US&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr https://faq.whatsapp.com/1192377921246090/?locale=en_US&refs... I don’t know if there’s proof, but I have a friend that works on the team that I trust. I’ve also seen the tools for analyzing the metadata for police warrants and they only deal with metadata (because content is encrypted).