The original post: /r/privacy by /u/seeker-7 on 2025-01-21 22:42:45.

After many years, I essentially had to re-install WhatsApp because of lot of my contacts and groups are using it.

I currently do not share my contacts, but I am thinking whether it’s worth the hassle… The point is that everybody will allow WhatsApp to access their address book, so WhatsApp essentially already knows all my contacts and the harm has been done anyway…

I would appreciate your arguments either way to help me make a decision. The main issue I have at the moment is that my WhatsApp chats just shows a list of numbers and it’s a bit difficult to find out who is who. If I want to send a message to someone, I first need to find the right chat, which is a bit annoying…

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!