dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agou can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 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·edit-29 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-up1·9 days agoSo you want all your contacts to show up within the app?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoI just want to have their names instead of phone numbers…
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoFor which whatsapp will need to know their names and numbers… You do see the problem right?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 days agoI do, but I have like 50 PPL ON WHATSAPP, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM
minus-squareAndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoWrite their names and numbers down in a notebook, or a seperate offline notes app on your phone. Seems a little silly but this is what you get if you insist on using such a terrible app
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-28 days agoThat’s why the contacts app exists… or just fucking give them my contacts since pretty much everyone in my country has done it anyways, so they don’t gain shit
minus-squareKangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 days agoMaybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all? Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.
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
Write their names and numbers down in a notebook, or a seperate offline notes app on your phone.
Seems a little silly but this is what you get if you insist on using such a terrible app
That’s why the contacts app exists…
or just fucking give them my contacts since pretty much everyone in my country has done it anyways, so they don’t gain shit
Maybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all?
Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.