How to Take Your Messages With You When Leaving Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp
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January 21, 2021 at 12:30 am
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The latest WhatsApp privacy kerfuffle once again has us wondering whether it’s a good idea to be giving so much of our data to a company with Facebook’strack record.
In this guide we’re going to focus on exporting your conversations into a readable format — we won’t cover actually closing down your account. Note that this is different than simply moving WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger over to a different phone or device, which these apps handle relatively well.