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WhatsApp links now require that you share your contacts in order to work (discuss.techlore.tech)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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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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[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

And the majority will comply. Facetiming is more important to WA users than privacy.

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

P2P video calls are in the works for delta chat, currently experimental but soon just as polished as the rest of the ux

[–] Linearity@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Delta chat? The IM program built on email?
It’s pretty pointless imo when there are no proper email provider let alone any free ones

[–] SmokeyDope@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

There are dozens of public access Unix servers that offer free email to their users. I can personally attest to using tilde.team for a few years.

https://tildeverse.org/

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