Same. I had a visiting relative from overseas who needed to contact me and WhatsApp was their only means, but despite installing the thing and using my Google V

Same. I had a visiting relative from overseas who needed to contact me and WhatsApp was their only means, but despite installing the thing and using my Google Voice Number to register, the thing refused to let me do anything without giving the thing carte blanche access to my contacts. No thanks. I had to ask my spouse to use her existing WhatsApp profile to contact the number. There's zero technical reason why I can't have a silo'd list of contacts WITHIN WhatsApp. Facebook knows it. Fuck them.