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Best option to run WhatsApp
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I have a similar setup and decided to install it on my degoogled phone because I definitely wanted to use a VPN to connect to Whatsapp and my other phone is an older Android without the global VPN option.
I have it completely isolated from my main account by using Shelter from F-droid, installing Aurora store in that sandbox and then installing Whatsapp from Aurora into the work profile created by Shelter.
This way, my main contacts and media are not accessed by Whatsapp. It does its own separate thing and I have no other apps interacting with it.
Yes that's a great idea! I will do that, thank you.
Update: WhatsApp just didn't want to open whilst in a work environment set up by shelter. Don't know why. It just hung for a few mins then crashed. Shame! But I think I'll go with the other suggestion of a Matrix server
I don't know if it works the same way on calyx or stock Android, but GrapheneOS lets you have an entirely separate work profile. You could install WhatsApp (and any other work stuff) on that and have it as isolated as possible from your own stuff.
The problem with this setup would be there constant profile switching and the constant screen unlocking. These profiles aren't too easy to switch/coordinate, IMHO.
Really? I've always switched very simply by pulling down to the quick settings menu and clicking the user button.
And then you have to choose the user and go through the login screen/PIN. I mean you can be done in 10-15 seconds each time, but it's for something as frequently used as a chat app, it really breaks the workflow each time you need go switch apps/users, as compared to, say, hitting the navigation button to switch app twice.
OK, well that's the price you have to pay if you want to keep it isolated. I know I can't be bothered to do it, but that's what OP requested!
I reckon there should be a way to keep both sessions logged in and more easily changeable. I mean, I asked and apparently they are running simultaneously and without pausing when you switch.
Yeah that's what I did but it just didn't want to work. Never mind!
Ah shame. Maybe it needs Play Services (or something to spoof them like MicroG) in the work profile?
I fail to see any benefit in a VPN proxy for WhatsApp.
Meta scum don't get my IP? Its better than nothing
I again fail to see how that helps you in any way when they've got a part of your social graph and active times and other much more critical metadata.