Whatsapp is privacy invasive, and we likely know that even when using E2EE, this is possible due to metadata tracking.
An easy way to avoid one creepy thing, contact scanning and the creation of “who knows whom” social nets, is to not grant apps permission to your contacts!
But this is not easy, as apps often enforce this, just as they do with
- embedded cameras instead of using the system camera
- embedded galleries instead of the 2 available portals (but Google will soon forbid that)
- asking for unneeded permissions
Only GrapheneOS also allows blocking these permissions
- sensors
- internet
- loading code from memory i.e. from the internet (why would they do that? Is there something they want to hide?)
- debugging their own code to spy on the system behavior
But this app can help everyone on any Android to at least fix this :)
Or just use Signal which already does this.
can’t you already do that? by clicking on the “new chat button” and pasting the phone number i can start the chat without adding to contacts; at least on whatsapp business that works
Launch Chat also does something similar. Works for signal and telegram:
Whatsapp is terrible. Not trying to diss you for using it. Do what works for you. I just don’t understand the appeal with all of the alternatives.
I dont use it
I advertise an app that makes using it less invasive
Think outside your own reality XD
you don’t need a 150mb app for it, just type wa.me/phonenumber to your browser lol
