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WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work (discuss.techlore.tech)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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I hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to occasionally use it for work and interact with businesses. Years ago, I decided to stop sharing my contacts with WhatsApp to limit the amount of data they got from me. That used to mea…

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[–] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

And the majority will comply. Facetiming is more important to WA users than privacy.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    P2P video calls are in the works for delta chat, currently experimental but soon just as polished as the rest of the ux

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Delta chat? The IM program built on email?
    It’s pretty pointless imo when there are no proper email provider let alone any free ones

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Chatmail servers (stripped down email servers that run faster than traditional mail servers and allow only encrypted email, basically eliminating spam) are free to use. You don’t need to use a traditional email provider and delta chat devs encourage chatmail servers instead. (By default you are onboarded on a chatmail server)

    These still use the email protocol, making them hard to block by govs, but act more like relays as they only store the messages while in transit.

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    • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I truly hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to use it for all cross-company communication at work. There isnt't even an option to clear all notifications...

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    U can hide all ur contacts from them actually use something like open contact app which use own database of contact and third apps cannot access it

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Graphene scoped contacts would probably fix this

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @Blaze@piefed.zip @privacy@programming.dev

    Tip of the day: WhatsApp can't have your contacts if you're antisocial (Mr. Robot kind of antisocial) and got no contacts (insert meme with the smiling man pointing to his own head temples)

    Seriously, whenever I need to contact someone (often businesses) using Whatsapp, I do so without adding said number to contact list. Rather, I use a F-Droid app capable of spawning a new WhatsApp conversation with a number specified through a text box. Not sure for how long this approach will work, but it's been working so far. I have no contacts so WhatsApp can do whatever they want with my contact list because it's empty. Hah!

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