RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWhatsApp is adding the ability to save contacts within the app independently from your smartphone’s address book.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp is adding the ability to save contacts within the app independently from your smartphone’s address book.www.theverge.comRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·7 days agoIt allows you to use WhatsApp without giving them full access to your contacts, so privacy wise I do want this feature
minus-squareEpicMuch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYeah. This entirely. I will not share out my contact list for it to be stolen abused or sold
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·7 days agoRight but they already have access now so closing the door after the horses bolted situation.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoWell, time moves forward… so new users, replacement users, new contacts.
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It allows you to use WhatsApp without giving them full access to your contacts, so privacy wise I do want this feature
Yeah. This entirely. I will not share out my contact list for it to be stolen abused or sold
Right but they already have access now so closing the door after the horses bolted situation.
Well, time moves forward… so new users, replacement users, new contacts.