If a phone with WhatsApp chats and chat backups is handed over to the police, it becomes easy to trace and retrieve chats and backups. … Also, as the backup files are not protected by WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, these can be easily accessed by the police once they seize a mobile phone.
When you call a dead phone does it ring?
Answer: A: With a dead battery it should not ring but it should go to voicemail directly.