diff --git a/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js b/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
--- a/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
@@ -266,11 +266,23 @@
   return rawThreadInfosFromServerThreadInfos(viewer, serverResult);
 }
 
+async function fetchPrivilegedThreadInfos(
+  viewer: Viewer,
+  inputFilter?: FetchThreadInfosFilter,
+): Promise<FetchThreadInfosResult> {
+  const serverResult = await fetchServerThreadInfos(inputFilter);
+  return rawThreadInfosFromServerThreadInfos(viewer, serverResult, {
+    dontFilterMissingKnowOf: true,
+  });
+}
+
 function rawThreadInfosFromServerThreadInfos(
   viewer: Viewer,
   serverResult: FetchServerThreadInfosResult,
+  options?: { +dontFilterMissingKnowOf?: boolean },
 ): FetchThreadInfosResult {
   const viewerID = viewer.id;
+  const dontFilterMissingKnowOf = options?.dontFilterMissingKnowOf ?? false;
   const codeVersionBelow209 = !hasMinCodeVersion(viewer.platformDetails, {
     native: 209,
   });
@@ -337,6 +349,7 @@
           manageFarcasterChannelTagsPermissionUnsupported,
         stripMemberPermissions: stripMemberPermissions,
         canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars,
+        dontFilterMissingKnowOf,
       },
     );
     if (threadInfo) {
@@ -463,6 +476,7 @@
 
 export {
   fetchServerThreadInfos,
+  fetchPrivilegedThreadInfos,
   fetchThreadInfos,
   rawThreadInfosFromServerThreadInfos,
   verifyThreadIDs,
diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@
   +filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission?: boolean,
   +stripMemberPermissions?: boolean,
   +canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars?: boolean,
+  +dontFilterMissingKnowOf?: boolean,
 };
 
 function rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo(
@@ -785,6 +786,7 @@
   const stripMemberPermissions = options?.stripMemberPermissions;
   const canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars =
     options?.canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars;
+  const dontFilterMissingKnowOf = options?.dontFilterMissingKnowOf ?? false;
 
   const filterThreadPermissions = (
     innerThreadPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
@@ -873,7 +875,10 @@
       unread: null,
     };
   }
-  if (!permissionLookup(currentUserPermissions, threadPermissions.KNOW_OF)) {
+  if (
+    !dontFilterMissingKnowOf &&
+    !permissionLookup(currentUserPermissions, threadPermissions.KNOW_OF)
+  ) {
     return null;
   }