dhkuq3645 comments on Is it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?

[–] dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

but it doesn't show u ppls names, and when you have a lot of ppl on the app, it's impossible to keep track od them...

also ur carrier knows ur contact list aswell...

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It is also inconvenient in many other ways, because Meta makes it intentionally annoying to use WhatsApp without contact permissions 🤷

And no, your carrier does not have access to your phone's contact list. There is a lot more privacy relevant details in it than pure calling information.

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[–] dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yes they do, when I message them via sms, which I've done w most od my contacts list

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

No, why would give sending SMS give access to your contact list? The carrier has no system access to the phone contacts app.

Edit: The phone contact app includes a lot more details than just the number. Names, alternative numbers, associated email addresses etc are all in the contacts app and potentially accessible to WhatsApp.

What the carrier has is no different to what WhatsApp gets when you use a number on their service.

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