Re: how to export voice messages to media

On 2/21/25 08:54, Frank Slootweg wrote:

bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
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We can't log into any of his acccounts, no passwords for none of them.
We have physical posession of his phone and sec code, laptop, and
desktop.

    As I said before, I don't know anything about Facebook Messenger (or
Facebook itself), but as you say you can still play the Facebook
Messenger voice messages on his phone, I think that *on his phone*
you're still logged into his Facebook account.
    At least that's the way most of these servives on smartphones work:
You log into their account and never log out.
    If my thinking is correct, then maybe, just maybe, you will be able to
change the password. OTOH, when trying to change the password, Facebook
might ask for the old one, so you would be stuck. Often these services
have a password reset function, but that probably means you will have to
have access to some other of his resources, for example his e-mail
account that is associated with his Facebook account. Best not to try
any of this (password changes) until you've run out of other options.
    Anyway, Carlos explained how to download the voice messages via a web
login on his Facebook account, but in many cases, you can do the
same/similar thing from within the app on the phone. For example that is
how it works for WhatsApp. As Facebook is a Meta company, like WhatsApp
is, I think it's likely you can download the voice messages from within
the Facebook app on his phone.
    So first step: Can you get into the Facebook app on his phone?
    To the audience: Anyone with Facebook or/and Facebook Messenger
experience - on a smartphone - who can help?
 [...]

Thanks for the hints; I got it licked for now as I can record any audio
playing on the phone via the headset jack. There are not that many that I really want and the available ones go back a couple of weeks so there's a rich field to pick from. I did want to make sure that no data gets dumped because of something like an account closure so I got a hold of Telus and told them to keep it live and charge the bills to my account until I stop paying. I expect to have all the audios of interest recorded by Monday.