2016-08-01WhatsApp Users Attention! WhatsApp is not completely deleting the deleted texts for forensic use

WhatsApp Users Attention! WhatsApp is not completely deleting the deleted texts for forensic use

WhatsApp Users Attention!WhatsApp is not completely deleting the deleted texts for forensic useIn this photo illustration, the WhatsApp application is displayed on a iPhone on April 6, 2016 in San Anselmo, California.Facebook-owned mobile mobile messaging application WhatsApp announced that it has completed end-to-end encryption of of all communic (Photo : Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)It looks like "Clear All Chats" is not really deleting the deleted WhatsApp chats.

Research shows deleted WhatsApp messages aren't actually deleted

Chat logs from WhatsApp linger on your phone even after you've deleted them, according to new research published by iOS expert Jonathan Zdziarski.Forensic traces of chats linger on the phone even after a user archives or deletes them, Zdziarski found, and could be accessed by someone with physical access to the device or by law enforcement issuing a warrant to Apple for iCloud backups.Although the data is deleted from the app, it is not overwritten in the SQLite library and therefore remains on the phone.

Research shows deleted WhatsApp messages aren't actually deleted

Research shows deleted WhatsApp messages aren't actually deletedChat logs from WhatsApp linger on your phone even after you've deleted them, according to new research published by iOS expert Jonathan Zdziarski.Forensic traces of chats linger on the phone even after a user archives or deletes them, Zdziarski found, and could be accessed by someone with physical access to the device or by law enforcement issuing a warrant to Apple for iCloud backups.Although the data is deleted from the app, it is not overwritten in the SQLite library and therefore remains on the phone.