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Re:Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp? by hiq on Saturday August 03, 2019 @07:48AM (#20599945)
As a workaround (not a proper solution), you can put WhatsApp in a work profile with an app such as Shelter (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/) and put only the contacts you want to use in WhatsApp there.

Granted, it's not ideal, and not even feasible if you already use the work profile fully (with contacts you don't want to share with WhatsApp).

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Re:Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp? by tgsovlerkhgsel on Sunday August 04, 2019 @07:31PM (#20609923)
Oooh. That's a cool idea, thanks! You can then also send those apps through an always-on VPN for filtering/analysis.

https://developers.google.com/android/work/requirements?api=...

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