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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Reminder that you do NOT need to give Meta WhatsApp your contacts database
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:02:59 -0000 (UTC)
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This is just forwarding an article from the Windows side so that people
here are aware that they do NOT need to give Meta their (hashed) contacts.
(See Frank Slootweg's explanation of exactly what Meta gets for contacts.)

 *whatsapp/telegram on desktop pcFrom: Marion*
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=85468&group=alt.comp.os.windows-10#85468>

Essentially, there are two easy ways I know of to NOT give Meta your
contacts, one of which is to install this Click to Chat freeware:
 *Click To Chat*
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp>

Also, that Windows article discusses how to install desktop Telegram
without installing it on the Android phone first. 

It's similar with WhatsApp (but much more complicated, so see the thread).