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Re:Tracking the WhatsApp habits of random smartphones by spurgu on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @03:53PM (#26894578)
Yeah I know very well what you mean! I do #1 (turn off notifications in the app settings) every now and then when I want to cut off a specific communication channel.

I'm unsure how you'd do #2 though? There's a permission for background data, wonder if that would be enough? Let me know if you test it!

I'm on Android btw.

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Re:Tracking the WhatsApp habits of random smartphones by Brainmulch on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:34PM (#26895089)
You can do this natively through whatsapp settings by turning off Read receipts, and can control who sees your "last seen" information as well
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Re:Tracking the WhatsApp habits of random smartphones by qwaxys on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:27AM (#26912762)
Go to settings, app, stop now
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