feat: add support for FB and Interop JID encoding/decoding and empty strings

[vinikjkkj]

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[YonkoSam]

will this fix the issue of some Facebook ads messages not firing message event

[purpshell]

will this fix the issue of some Facebook ads messages not firing message event

nope

[canove]

Its related to https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/whatsapp-announces-interoperability#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%2C%20WhatsApp,have%20implemented%20WhatsApp's%20interoperability%20protocol.?

Any known way to test it?

[purpshell]

Its related to https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/whatsapp-announces-interoperability#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%2C%20WhatsApp,have%20implemented%20WhatsApp's%20interoperability%20protocol.?

Any known way to test it?

Maybe birdy.chat? Tulir has access but he told me it only works on main devices, interop chats do not even get routed to linked devices

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