Technology has come so far.
The cynic in me immediately thinks this is so Facebook can further connect your activity to sell
The owner of what’s app is enough to keep me off it.
What a time to be alive
Great! So now I can not use a meta product twice! Switch to signal, element or simplex and dump surveillance companies forever guy!
And yes it has encryption, it’s still meta data open and the owner is meta! Enough said
For dual sim phones I guess?
work/private?
Ah yes. Now meta will know the high profile business guy behind account A also browses kiddy porn via account B. Well played.
I just want the ability to turn off WhatsApp.
Like on a Sunday morning let me kill all notifications and calls.
Just add proxy to something that leads to nowhere to block WhatsApp from connecting anywhere.
Please could you point me in the right direction on how to do this / an app I would need. Thanks.
Adding proxy is a native feature in WhatsApp.
- Go to Settings > Storage and Data > Proxy.
- Add 127.0.0.1 in the IP address and add a random port too.
- When you want to disconnect WhatsApp from the internet, just turn on the proxy. To reconnect, turn it off.
Doesn’t let me click the big green button to submit. Nothing happens. No matter what ip and port (port being optional it says)
That’s strange. Try 192.168.1.100
I’ve been using 2 accounts on my phone for years. I had no idea this was something enabled by Samsung and not by WhatsApp.
But your account is linked to your phone number, and your phone only has one number… right?
Dig they bring out a PC client yet btw? That’s what stops me from using WhatsApp, I don’t chat to people on my mobile, if it’s not on my desktop I’m not likely to see it >.<
and your phone only has one number… right?
Dual-SIM phones are a thing and have been for a LONG time. They’re not as common in the US (where I’m assuming you’re from given you aren’t familiar with dual-SIM phones) but even my S22 supports it, and I think even iPhones come with it stock now. A lot of people use two SIM cards for a multitude of reasons, and so many people have two numbers. Heck, some phones even support three SIM cards.
Dig they bring out a PC client yet btw?
It’s been out for a long time now. You have to set it up on your phone first but then you install the application on your computer, scan a QR code to link it, and at that point you can just disable notifications on your phone if you don’t want them.
Even easier: https://web.whatsapp.com/
Phones can have double sims, and WhatsApp web (been out for years by now) can be used on any decent Desktop Browser, it can also be installed as a PWA and I think there is a WhatsApp Desktop version as well.
