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WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work (discuss.techlore.tech)
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I hate WhatsApp, but I am forced to occasionally use it for work and interact with businesses. Years ago, I decided to stop sharing my contacts with WhatsApp to limit the amount of data they got from me. That used to mea…

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[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

U can hide all ur contacts from them actually use something like open contact app which use own database of contact and third apps cannot access it

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