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by frizlab 551 days ago
That is not actually true, on iOS at least. They will bug you to do it, but you can use whatsapp w/o giving access to your contacts.
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Unfortunately not on Android.
One of the perks of the AppStore review I guess: it is not allowed to have the app not work if the contacts permission is not granted IIRC :)