Prove/Refute the following claim about convolution

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I need to prove or to refute the the claim below, I tried to prove the claim but run into troubles with the $\Rightarrow$ side of the proof.

Given

$f$ is a continuous function $[0,\infty) \to \mathbb R $, then $ \forall t\geq0: (f * f)_t = 0 $ iff $f\equiv0$.

My solution

The $\Leftarrow$ part of the proof is trivial, but how to prove the other direction? Maybe even my line of thought is wrong and i could refute the claim?

Note: We didn't prove that the transform is unique hence i cannot just use inverse Laplace transform and infer that $f(t)=0$.