I tried to use it a few months ago. It would not let me use it unless I have it access to all my contacts’ information. I denied the permission request and it wouldn’t work.
How in the hell are you okay with that?
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NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 months agoI’ll just carry on using whatapps and people on iPhones can either download it or put up with my different coloured bubbles if they don’t want too. Luckily people in the UK are all mostly on WhatsApp anyway, this who text message colours is a very yank centric problem.
machinin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
jose1324@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How do you think phone number based chat apps works bro?
machinin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Give me the option to add contacts individually?
That app is cancer, better just to nope out of the installation.
AzureFrost@lemmy.one 8 months ago
I’m pretty sure the stock SMS app that comes with your phone also needs access to the contacts permissions, but is enabled by default, so the app doesn’t even ask for it.
machinin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So in addition to that, why give the information to Facebook too?
Remember, Zuckerberg thinks people are dumbfucks for giving information to him.
Why do they go out of their way to disable the app if I deny access to contacts? Surely it would be less work to just add a couple of warnings telling me it may not work properly. But to disable the whole app? That is absolutely ridiculous.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Because that’s how phones work, it links your account to your phone number and uses your contacts to tell you who’s on the app too using their numbers.
machinin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because that’s how -phones- Whatsapp works,
Yeah, that is also how computer viruses work. I was very thankful for permission control. That app is cancer.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Meh, I think some people are just paranoid on Lemmy when it comes to stuff like this. There’s plenty of laws in the UK around storage and use of information that protect users of apps like this.
boonhet@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Signal or at least Telegram or Viber. Fuck WhatsApp, I’d like at least my messenger app to not belong to Facebook of all companies.
Neon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Whatsapp is actually better than Telegram lol. You fell for Telegrams marketing lol
uis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
At least Telegram doesn’t show your fucking phone number
Neon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They can literally read your messages by default lol
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 months ago
While it’s all still E2E encrypted I don’t really care what servers it goes though. If the UK/EU manage to get encryption blocked then I’ll worry.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 8 months ago
they still collect the messages’ metadata and create a profile based on that.
boonhet@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Do you use E2EE for all your chats? I think nearly nobody does.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s on by default with every convo in WA.