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 mean that people often had to text me first, because I couldn’t initiate a chat with a new contact without sharing my contacts with Meta. That’s when WhatsApp links came in handy. CHAT FUEL: A WhatsApp link is a clickable URL that lets people start a chat with you instantly, with...

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…

  • anon5621@lemmy.ml
    3·
    8 hours ago

    U can hide all ur contacts from them actually use something like open contact app which use own database of contact and third apps cannot access it