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		WA on April 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Path texts my entire phonebook at 6 AM Exactly. WhatsApp wants permission to practically everything possible, because it offers various features on top of these permissions. Yet it never spammed anyone so far from what I can tell.

msantos on April 30, 2013 [–]

They might not spam users, but they don't let you delete contacts. So in short: once they grab your contact list, it's theirs.

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