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GMDSOFT Tech Letter Vol 14. Data Analysis Using WhatsApp Backup Feature

8th September 2025

WhatsApp backups often hold more evidence than the device—discover how to recover deleted chats, trace cross-device activity, and build richer timelines in GMDSOFT’s new tech letter.

Identifying Interception Possibilities for WhatsApp Communication

30th November 2021

Hello everybody. My name is Dennis Wijnberg, and together with Dr Nhien-An Le-Khac, I’m presenting about Alternative Methods for WhatsApp interception. This research project was part of my dissertation in partial fulfillment of my Master of Science degree for the

Facebook’s Privacy Manifesto: What Does It Mean For Digital Forensic Investigations?

22nd February 202316th May 2019

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Mark Zuckerberg’s new “privacy manifesto” for Facebook marks not just a pivot in terms of how the social network shapes modern-day communication. It also marks what The Verge’s Casey Newton called “the end of the

WhatsApp – discovering timestamps of deleted messages

12th May 20205th December 2013

ABSTRACT: This is a procedure for locating and parsing deleted messages timestamps in Android WhatsApp database. I did a little reverse engineering, using the hexadecimal tool of Physical Analyzer (UFED by Cellebrite), of the database of the popular messaging app