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Is it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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How much worse is it privacy wise for me to give them access to my contacts?

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[–] 19 points 1 week ago (12 children)

You need to ask your contacts if that's ok. Not us.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Yeah, here in Germany, we've had a verdict that you need to get written permission from all your contacts, if you give WhatsApp access to their data: https://www.rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de/bshe/document/LARE190000029

    I would assume, the same is true in the entire EU.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    what about signal, is that illegal aswell?

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    bro pretty much all of them use WhatsApp, let's be real

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    are the terms that you accept when using WhatsApp real enough for you?

    You provide us, in accordance with applicable laws, the phone numbers in your mobile address book on a regular basis, including those of both the users of our Services and your other contacts. You confirm you are authorized to provide us such numbers to allow us to provide our Services.

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