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View submission: How to use WhatsApp on dumbphones
Just a PSA, this app relies on https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js[1] which explicitly states in the README.md
1: https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js
Important
It is not guaranteed you will not be blocked by using this method. WhatsApp does not allow bots or unofficial clients on their platform, so this shouldn't be considered totally safe.
So you're risking your account if you use this
Comment by tomtau at 19/07/2024 at 11:11 UTC
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Yeah, there's a risk -- I think that risk is more applicable to two areas:
1. bots / apps that do any mass messaging etc.
2. business accounts: because Meta has this dedicated paid API https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/[1][2] for business accounts
1: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/
2: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/
for this small personal web proxy, hopefully the risk is negligible.
Comment by tomtau at 19/07/2024 at 11:23 UTC
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The same risk is for the Matrix bridge mentioned in the post: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/whatsapp/[1][2] (which uses a similar library under the hood)
1: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/whatsapp/
2: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/whatsapp/
Luckily, some good news for the EU is that Meta has to allow some form of bridging: https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/[3][4]
3: https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/
4: https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/