Decryption
WhatsApp does not encrypt images, so it's easy to find them on your phone, if you need to. The text messages are saved as encrypted .db files using the .crypt8 extension. If you would like to read your backup of files you may follow these instructions:
http://www.digitalinternals.com/security/decrypt-whatsapp-crypt8-database-messages/419/
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