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WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work (discuss.techlore.tech)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

    Graphene scoped contacts would probably fix this

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @Blaze@piefed.zip @privacy@programming.devTip 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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