2026-10-12 18:25 UTC
Replies (7)
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@frongt@lemmy.zip 2026-10-12 18:34
Personally I wouldn’t give Facebook and Meta access to the list of people I know with their names, phone numbers, and some addresses.
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@grue@lemmy.world 2026-10-12 18:57
It’s disrespectful of their privacy.
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@poVoq@slrpnk.net 2026-10-12 19:40
This is literally the main thing Meta is interested in. DO NOT EVER DO THAT, please. This app can be used as a work around to add contacts in WhatsApp: f-droid.org/en/…/org.vinaygopinath.launchchat/
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@weps@lemmy.world 2026-10-12 20:20
You need to ask your contacts if that’s ok. Not us.
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@Telorand@reddthat.com 2026-10-13 01:15
No. Meta is a data harvesting company. Any points of data you give them is bad, privacy-wise. And don’t believe the claptrap that WhatsApp is “safe” from prying eyes or truly E2EE. Meta is not and has never been trustworthy, and they have been caught lying on countless occasions. Use their products at your own peril.
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@ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 2026-10-12 19:53
I’ve been refusing to give them permission for about 5 years now, and the only ill effect I’ve really had is not having a name associated with the contact when texting them
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@Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 2026-10-14 03:33
I’ve not read an actual answer to your question in the comments so far. If you live somewhere where WhatsApp is the dominant chat app, then you are already a data point for Meta. Unless nobody has your phone number in their contacts. If you’re concerned about a specific entry in your list of contacts, then it depends on your own point of view. You could use the same logic a above to justify sharing it. You could also decide that you don’t like that logic and you do not. So, how much worse is it? Probably inconsequential. Just to add some aluminium; when using whatsapp your phone data (brand, android version, etc) are added to big data.