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I am in the same boat. Keep in mind that you are trusting both google and meta. At least you can update whatsapp once every three months (for now)
by catlikesshrimp 1mo ago
I am in the same boat. Keep in mind that you are trusting both google and meta. At least you can update whatsapp once every three months (for now)
- alt227 1mo agoIs it not possible to just download the updated whatsapp apk from some online source? That is the benefit of android after all, side loading is still possible relatively easily.
- iAMkenough 1mo agoI'll be your random online source if you want. Just give me a few days to work on an APK for you to download and install.
- crtasm 1mo agoHow do you plan to get Meta's private signing key so Android will allow it as an update?
- iAMkenough 1mo agoI’ll take the same approach Smarsh/TeleMessage uses to load modified WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram APKs on U.S. federal agency devices. Grandma doesn’t care if it looks like an update or not.
- alt227 1mo agoPeople download apks from pirate sites and install them all the time, I dont think this is much different
- iAMkenough 1mo agoHell yeah they do. I should know.
- catlikesshrimp 1mo agoThere are whatsapp cracked apks which actually work as whatsapp... and they have "extras", and I would never install it, although I have seen it installed
- dwedge 1mo agoThe comments here specifically about WhatsApp are weird because WhatsApp download page links to the app store but also provides an APK right there