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That's fair! Might instead try and snag a cheap KaiOS device for use with chooj then, unless that runs the same risk? My business is not exactly crÃtical, it's more customers tend to text me through Whatsapp to make/confirm appointments. I carry an iPad with WhatsApp logged in as well for longer messages but I don't like pulling that out too often.
Comment by tomtau at 07/10/2024 at 01:15 UTC
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For chooj, you'd need to run this bridge: https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp[1][2]
1: https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
2: https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
and its library unfortunately has the same risk at the moment, see https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow/issues/561[3][4]
3: https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow/issues/561
4: https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow/issues/561
However, if you're in the EU, the official bridging way will come "soon" (2025 for chats, 2027 for voice and video calls), as enforced by DMA: https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/[5][6]
5: https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/
6: https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/06/meta-will-let-third-party-apps-place-calls-to-whatsapp-and-messenger-users-in-2027/[7][8]
I'm not sure whether this third party app interoperability will make into other regions outside the EU where it's not legally enforced.