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horrorho / InflatableDonkey

iOS9+ iCloud backup retrieval proof of concept
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Question about Facebook Messenger data #76

Open kibler5 opened 6 years ago

kibler5 commented 6 years ago

So I am kind of new to this but is there an easy way to view the messages in the facebook messenger data file. I am able to open the database file in sqlite and I see the data under msg blob when I browse the messages table. Is there a way to filter it so its easy to read or somehow only pull the relevant data out kind of like how the sms messages are displayed in the sms database file. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help and the great program.

horrorho commented 6 years ago

Hi. This a forensics issue and not directly supported. There are tools that will do this for you. I'm not aware of any open source solutions, maybe others will have suggestions.

I had a quick look at the blob format on a backup from earlier in the year. I don't recognise the format but the data is in plain text as you've pointed out, along with structural information that allows you to get a grip on it. It shouldn't be too difficult to code a solution. However it's not something that I'll be doing. Sorry.

horrorho commented 6 years ago

Oh, just to clarify. It's something I won't be doing because I have so little spare time and I'm working on another large project alongside a full time job.