ichi Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 It's seems that everybody is using this app now, and I have all my friends asking me to install it. OK, I don't mind paying ~2?/year after the first one, but it asks for some permissions that don't make much sense to me, given what the app is supposed to do: -Send SMS: isn't the app supposed to "replace" SMSs, sending messages over the data connection? -Make phone calls: so maybe you can call your contacts from within the app, but I certainly don't feel comfortable with that. -Manage my accounts information: why does it need to access my account info? If it needs to store credentials, use the DB. Dunno, given the amount of people using whatsapp I guess we would know already if something fishy was going on, but I just don't feel like giving those permissions without a good reason. What do you think? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Send SMS - this is a way it authenticates with the server, sends an sms when you install to register you Make Phonecall - so that it can connect to your address book and see who has WhatsApp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I like the program. The only issue I have noticed is sometimes sending a message to an iphone might take a minute or 2 for the first one in a conversation. No idea why, but it does. I've been trying to get all my friends using it but have only had limited success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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