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Does anyone have experience capturing and archiving WeChat data?

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Does anyone have experience capturing and archiving WeChat data? I am working with a research group that wants to capture text conversation, emoticon usage, as well as shared audio clips.

digital-preservation
data-curation
web-archiving
digital-forensics

asked by thomasgpadilla on 9 Dec 2014 · 2037 views

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Using the WeChat client for Windows running inside an emulator such as qemu might give the best results. You then archive the harddisk image. As far as I know, the WeChat client uses a caching directory where it stores all data it receives. But conserving the software is as important.

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despens on 26 Mar 2015