dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 day agoPersonally I wouldn’t give Facebook and Meta access to the list of people I know with their names, phone numbers, and some addresses.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoDOB, relationships, photos. Multiple email addresses, etc.
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·18 hours agowhat if I need to use it?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThen use it? You don’t have to give it your contacts.
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoCan you have separate WhatsApp contacts to your phone contacts? Maybe copy them manually to WhatsApp if needed?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agou can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI use Launch Chat for the occasional use. You can paste the number there and press a button to open whatsapp dms for given number. Been using it for a very long time without contacts access and never faced an issue, installed from fdroid repo.
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoMaybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all? Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.
Personally I wouldn’t give Facebook and Meta access to the list of people I know with their names, phone numbers, and some addresses.
DOB, relationships, photos. Multiple email addresses, etc.
what if I need to use it?
Then use it? You don’t have to give it your contacts.
Can you have separate WhatsApp contacts to your phone contacts? Maybe copy them manually to WhatsApp if needed?
u can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
I use Launch Chat for the occasional use. You can paste the number there and press a button to open whatsapp dms for given number. Been using it for a very long time without contacts access and never faced an issue, installed from fdroid repo.
Ah shame
Maybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all?
Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.