paul
2021-07-31 06:01:55 UTC
Do you use WhatsApp without contact access for privacy?
If so, what tricks do you use to maintain your privacy while calling people?
I recently installed the Whatsapp app on Android 11 in order to converse
with someone in Germany who is traveling from the USA and therefore she is
charged 25 cents a minute for every incoming and outgoing +1 or +49 mobile
phone call (when she is not on Wi-Fi or cellular data).
Initially, WhatsApp insisted on having access to my contacts, which, even
though they're empty (for exactly that reason!), I couldn't make a call
without adding this free ad free gsf free "click2chat" app from Trianguloy.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp>
With that "click to chat" app, I was able to create a shortcut link to the
phone number to make the call using WhatsApp without WhatsApp having any
access to my contacts (which, as I said, are empty anyway).
While I was looking for that solution to making a call on WhatsApp without
giving WhatsApp any access to anything but the phone & microphone, I noticed
there may be other solutions to making WhatsApp calls without any contact.
For example, this is a WhatsApp dialer that will dial the number directly.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applaudsoft.wabi.wad>
Unfortunately that Applaud Dialer for WhatsApp is GSF dependent, even as
it's at least free and ad free like most (if not almost all) my apps are.
Since I'm new to using WhatsApp, and since I care to NOT give it any more of
my data other than my phone number and the numbers I actually call or direct
message to, what other tricks do you use to maintain your privacy while you
use Whatsapp?
For example, do you know of a good free ad free direct phone dialer for
WhatsAppl like the one I found, but which is Google Services Framework free?
In addition, people in Germany may pay for SMS/MMS messages, so I added
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrd.wadirectmessage>
Which is a free ad free GSF free WhatsApp direct messenger app.
What else do you do to maintain privacy of your contacts from WhatsApp?
If so, what tricks do you use to maintain your privacy while calling people?
I recently installed the Whatsapp app on Android 11 in order to converse
with someone in Germany who is traveling from the USA and therefore she is
charged 25 cents a minute for every incoming and outgoing +1 or +49 mobile
phone call (when she is not on Wi-Fi or cellular data).
Initially, WhatsApp insisted on having access to my contacts, which, even
though they're empty (for exactly that reason!), I couldn't make a call
without adding this free ad free gsf free "click2chat" app from Trianguloy.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp>
With that "click to chat" app, I was able to create a shortcut link to the
phone number to make the call using WhatsApp without WhatsApp having any
access to my contacts (which, as I said, are empty anyway).
While I was looking for that solution to making a call on WhatsApp without
giving WhatsApp any access to anything but the phone & microphone, I noticed
there may be other solutions to making WhatsApp calls without any contact.
For example, this is a WhatsApp dialer that will dial the number directly.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.applaudsoft.wabi.wad>
Unfortunately that Applaud Dialer for WhatsApp is GSF dependent, even as
it's at least free and ad free like most (if not almost all) my apps are.
Since I'm new to using WhatsApp, and since I care to NOT give it any more of
my data other than my phone number and the numbers I actually call or direct
message to, what other tricks do you use to maintain your privacy while you
use Whatsapp?
For example, do you know of a good free ad free direct phone dialer for
WhatsAppl like the one I found, but which is Google Services Framework free?
In addition, people in Germany may pay for SMS/MMS messages, so I added
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrd.wadirectmessage>
Which is a free ad free GSF free WhatsApp direct messenger app.
What else do you do to maintain privacy of your contacts from WhatsApp?
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our privacy while working on solutions that are free, ad free and GSF free.
On the Android newsgroup we purposefully helpfully help each other maintain
our privacy while working on solutions that are free, ad free and GSF free.