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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by kreidema on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:22AM (#49728441)
Do I understand correctly that your service works as a registered device into my whatsapp account with full "admin" like access? This seems a bit harsh for the sensitive data that peoples wahatsapp contain? Or am I missing a usecase here where that is unproblematic? Business accounts maybe?
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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by asteroidburger on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:24AM (#49728486)
Businesses should be using WhatsApp business accounts. They cost money per message sent and don’t support groups, but it’s the officially sanctioned way to do it.
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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by fabian_shipamax on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:26AM (#49728516)
Businesses can use the official API which is costly and takes time to set up. Correct.
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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by fabian_shipamax on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:27AM (#49728532)
Not quite sure what you mean with admin access. There no such concept. But you can basically do anything a user can do - but via MCP.
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Re:Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp by blueplanet200 on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @11:56AM (#49728988)
Exactly. OP meant that it has permission to do anything, hence "admin".
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