dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 days agowhat if I need to use it?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoThen use it? You don’t have to give it your contacts.
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agogl keeping track of all the phone numbers…
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoCan you have separate WhatsApp contacts to your phone contacts? Maybe copy them manually to WhatsApp if needed?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agou can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days 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-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI do that too, but I got way too many ppl on wa and its hard to keep track of them.
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSo you want all your contacts to show up within the app?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI just want to have their names instead of phone numbers…
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoFor which whatsapp will need to know their names and numbers… You do see the problem right?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoI do, but I have like 50 PPL ON WHATSAPP, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoMaybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all? Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.
what if I need to use it?
Then use it? You don’t have to give it your contacts.
gl keeping track of all the phone numbers…
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
Ah shame
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.
I do that too, but I got way too many ppl on wa and its hard to keep track of them.
So you want all your contacts to show up within the app?
I just want to have their names instead of phone numbers…
For which whatsapp will need to know their names and numbers… You do see the problem right?
I do, but I have like 50 PPL ON WHATSAPP, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM
Maybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all?
Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.