[delduca]

My wife doesn't check email frequently, so SMS (or even better, WhatsApp) would be more reliable.

Maybe an alternative is to store the WhatsApp contact information of people who could help behind a password.

Then, if I need help, I can ask to borrow someone's phone on the street. If they don't have WhatsApp, I can just make a regular phone call instead.

[ianburrell]

Why hide emergency contact info? Put it in Emergency group on everyone's phone.

The goal should be to send a single message with nature of emergency, what you need from them, and what they do like call police

I could see a private reference page with important info. Including checklist for various scenarios. That's what I thought you did. Then print out a copy and put in binder somewhere at home.

[fn-mote]

> If they don't have WhatsApp

Is this really likely? I would guess only 70 year olds don't have WhatsApp.

Seems more likely you forget the impoprtant phone numbers because you never enter them manually.

[malfist]

Nobody in my friend group has a WhatsApp and I'm a millennial.

[venzaspa]

Depends where you are, in most European countries, everyone including their grandmas will use Whatsapp.

[j45]

It doesn’t have to be just for one type of user.

[sheept]

WhatsApp is not universally used. Line, WeChat, and KakaoTalk are more common in East Asia

[NDlurker]

In the US, the only people I know who use WhatsApp are immigrants who use it to talk to friends and family back home.

[x187463]

With iMessage, Discord, and Signal, I can't imagine a use case for me or anyone I know to use WhatsApp.

[nerdsniper]

The vast majority of the world defaults to whatsapp. But yes, other than convention, any of these could be equivalent.

I don’t see why you would care for Discord over whatsapp except that it’s what you happen to use already.

[appreciatorBus]

lol not 70, no Whatsapp.