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How to get notifications from WhatsApp even without Google Play Services on? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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Welp, my family refuses to use SimpleX. I'm still partially trapped at M*ta WhatsApp then. But I don't wanna turn GPS (GooglePlayServices) on.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

If you selfhost https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp

If you don't self host you could try https://www.beeper.com/

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Err Beeper docs say you need to open the actual WhatsApp app every 12-14 days or it will disconnect.

    I also think beeper uses play services for notifications so not sure it solves the original problem.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Beeper should just be a matrix.org chat server. There's a lot of open source apps for matrix.org.

    I self host so I'm not 100% certain on beeper. I know it uses the same open source project I do to get my messages into matrix.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Interesting, although I'm not sure how it is meant to work with Whatsapp, the install notes say running in an Android VM is not recommended, and the other option is running it in a physical phone, so I'm not sure what the benefit is in that case

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    You install whatsapp on an old phone, leave it at home plugged in somewhere.

    You link beeper to that WhatsApp.

    Then you can use an open source app from fdroid like elements or schildichat without play services to send whatsapp messages through beeper on your real open source phone.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    If you care enough about privacy to not have the Google Play store installed, what on earth posesses you to have WhatsApp anywhere near your phone?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    What am I supposed to do? Here everyone uses it, you can't talk to friends or family, have a job, get info about school, etc, without it

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    My family.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Given its history and ongoing lawsuits and investigations, I think that you might want to reconsider your perspective on privacy.

    Privacy is like a chain, the weakest link is the end of it.

    In my opinion, while there are serious concerns about Google, they pale into insignificance when compared with META.

    I'd be less worried about the Play store and more worried about WhatsApp, but that's just me.

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    • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You can set up a WhatsApp↔Matrix bridge

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    [+] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)
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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Huh?

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