dhkuq3645 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up133file-text
arrow-up133message-squareIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?dhkuq3645 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTwig ( Twig@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoCan you have separate WhatsApp contacts to your phone contacts? Maybe copy them manually to WhatsApp if needed?
minus-squaredhkuq3645 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agou can’t do that without giving it permission to all contacts
minus-squareRogueBanana ( RogueBanana@piefed.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 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 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI do that too, but I got way too many ppl on wa and its hard to keep track of them.
minus-squareRogueBanana ( RogueBanana@piefed.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoSo you want all your contacts to show up within the app?
minus-squaredhkuq3645 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI just want to have their names instead of phone numbers…
minus-squareRogueBanana ( RogueBanana@piefed.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoFor which whatsapp will need to know their names and numbers… You do see the problem right?
minus-squaredhkuq3645 ( dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI do, but I have like 50 PPL ON WHATSAPP, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM
minus-squareAndyMFK ( AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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-squareKangae_Hishiryo ( Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days 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
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
Maybe just don’t use WhatsApp at all?
Or use it in a privacy handbox like Blackbox or a work profile.