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miroljublast Wednesday at 8:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Since WhatsApp accounts are bound to phone numbers, getting a new phone number is a significant hurdle in many legislations.

An easier solution is to just not use WhatsApp at all and look for the alternatives for bot purposes. Telegram explicitly encourages bot usage with no risk of bans.


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uxhackerlast Wednesday at 8:27 AM

And what ever happened to tools like jabber ? Or any other open source alternatives

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ButlerianJihadlast Wednesday at 8:45 AM

> in many legislations

Do you mean “jurisdictions”?

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