Corralling WhatsApp away from my Android full contact list
Post date: 2021-10-25 11:34:07
Views: 130
I want to use WhatsApp temporarily for travel. ISO of a workaround to use WhatsApp for phone calls without granting WhatsApp permission to access ALL my phone contacts.

Per EFF (last reviewed 8-12-20)

"WhatsApp will request access to your contacts. If you grant this access, WhatsApp will have a full list of your contacts' phone numbers. If you do not grant this access, you can manually add each of your contacts for chat messages, however you cannot make a new call without granting WhatsApp access to your phone's contacts."

Is there a way of creating a secondary contacts list and pointing WhatsApp at it for voice calls? As well as for chat without manually inputting a contact for each chat message? Any other workarounds for using WhatsApp without exposing my full contacts list to WhatsApp?

(Note: I am not interested in non WhatsApp communication recommendations or in convincing small travel vendors to stop using WhatsApp.)
Number of Comments
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Genentech to sell flu pill directly to some consumers at a discount as Trump pressures drugmakers
Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says
These ETF mistakes can ‘quietly erode long-term returns,’ advisor says
Europe’s private equity giants tumble as U.S. bank lending fears spread
Gold's record run leads to latest market-moving tweak to the classic 60/40 investing portfolio
Small businesses are being crushed by Trump's tariffs and economists say it's a warning for the economy
ACA enhanced subsidy lapse could hit early retirees hardest amid shutdown fight
Democrats' distrust of Trump keeps them from forming 'gang' to negotiate government shutdown
Latest bank turmoil turns spotlight to 'NDFI' lending market. What is that and should you be worried?
Utilities grapple with a multibillion question: How much AI data center power demand is real