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Best option to run WhatsApp (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by Nebula224@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I have to have WhatsApp installed on one of my phones for work purposes. It's not possible to ask my work to give me a phone (I'm on zero-hours contract). I do have two phones - one DeGoogled pixel running CalyxOS and one iPhone XS. The iPhone I use for banking apps and basically anything that ties directly to me. Apple Pay and so on. Then I use the DeGoogled phone for everything else - most communications done over Signal, taking photos etc. This is my daily driver.

My question is this - is there any way to make WhatsApp as private as possible? I'm fine knowing WhatsApp reads all my messages etc (not really fine per se, but what choice do I have) but what I really don't want is telemetry. So which phone should I install it on? The private one to limit telemetry, or the regular phone to stop any telemetry from my private phone being read? Or is there some way I can remotely host an instance of WhatsApp or something?

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can setup a matrix server and use whatsapp via a bridge.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is not trivial to set up, and you still need a phone running whatsapp to re-authenticate it every couple weeks.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Run whatsapp on an android vm using quickemu or something and have a vpn for when you need to do that.

ps. Not denying its not trivial but if youre a stubborn spiteful fool (like me) using that spiteful energy for something this isnt a bad place.