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
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoCan you have separate WhatsApp contacts to your phone contacts? Maybe copy them manually to WhatsApp if needed?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agou can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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-up1·11 hours agoMaybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all? Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.
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.