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Anyone have tips on how to avoid having the WhatsApp app on your phone?

• tdiff 1y ago
  Use telegram
  • sneak 1y ago
    Telegram is a privacy downgrade from WhatsApp. WA is at least end to end encrypted; Telegram is not.
    • Kinrany 1y ago
      Telegram is not a downgrade in this instance.
      • cguess 1y ago
        It's not encrypted by default, WhatsApp is.
        • geraldhh 1y ago
          yes it is. it does not do the e2e hat-trick thou
          • TsiCClawOfLight 1y ago
            Encryption without E2EE is completely worthless for the threat model discussed here.
            • kstrauser 1y ago
              That’s right. It’s either E2EE, or it’s not encrypted IMHO.
        • Kinrany 1y ago
          It doesn't blatantly spy on things you do outside of it
  • capyba 1y ago
    Why telegram instead of signal?
  • rixed 1y ago
    The app you have to pay premium to prevent them from selling your details to advertisers and scammers? Ha yes I totally trust them.
• baobun 1y ago
  Give your WA contacts alternative contact method. Uninstall. Stop using WhatsApp.
  • gman83 1y ago
    Try having kids in Europe, everything they do is organized through WhatsApp group chats. I had to get a separate burner phone just for that.
    • AdamN 1y ago
      Yeah, people in the US can choose not to have WhatsApp. In the rest of the world you have to be opt out of lots of stuff to not have WhatsApp.
    • downsplat 1y ago
      You can create a work profile on Android and install Whatsapp in it, this way it won't have access to your main environment and contacts. For the f-droid loving crowd, try the Shelter app to set up the separate area.
• soraminazuki 1y ago
  Remove lock-ins that forces people to use a specific chat app. Move private communication away from "platforms" to interoperable protocols. That is the only way for us to regain control over our own private communications.
• politelemon 1y ago
  The question may need a little more context - it's easy to avoid by simply uninstalling it. If you're actually asking how to minimize its presence, consider using an app like Island which isolates the apps into a separate profile which can't see anything in your main profile.
  • thadk 1y ago
    I hadn't heard of that one, thanks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details https://play.google.com/store/apps/details