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Is it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

I don't know, if they collect contact information or how it's processed, so no idea...

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[–] dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 0 points 5 days ago

yet ur ok with giving them ur contacts, bht with wa ur not

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