dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 days agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoSo you want all your contacts to show up within the app?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoI just want to have their names instead of phone numbers…
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoFor which whatsapp will need to know their names and numbers… You do see the problem right?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 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-up3·4 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-down2·4 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-squareAndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoOk give them your contacts then, but the fact you thought people in a privacy community would say it’s a good idea to give meta access to your contacts is mind boggling.
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoI was just asking how bad it is…
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
Ok give them your contacts then, but the fact you thought people in a privacy community would say it’s a good idea to give meta access to your contacts is mind boggling.
I was just asking how bad it is…