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by flyt 3686 days ago
It doesn't send any personal data back to WhatsApp/Facebook, all it needs to work is a phone number.
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gandarojin 3686 days ago
Except… WhatsApp definitely gets a copy of your address book: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20971813 “During this entire process, only phone numbers are sent to WhatsApp for lookup, securely, over an encrypted connection.”
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nileshtrivedi 3686 days ago
Whatsapp also gets the metadata about the message: sender, receiver, time and probably location.
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