Permissions the WhatsApp uses in your phone’s settings.
Device ID & Permissions:
Below are the brief explanations about each permission
Contacts:
The application can allow the device and mail contacts to the WhatsApp application, you can either edit or delete the contact list.
- Find the contacts on the device
- Read your contacts
- Modify your contacts.
Wi-Fi connection:
The Wi-Fi connection will be accessible to any application because the Internet works slower than Wi-Fi. It helps out to download easily with less time.
- View Wi-Fi connections.
- Device and App History: The application can also maintain a list of your user information in the form of history.
- To retrieve the running applications
Photos/Media/Files:
- The application can use files or data stored on your device and may access the abilities.
- Edit or delete the contents from the USB storage.
- Read the content from the USB.
- The application can use files or data stored on your device and may access the abilities.
Identity:
- The app will use your account or profile information on your device, the identity access the following abilities.
- Find accounts on the device
- Add or remove accounts
- Read your own contact card
SMS:
An app on your device accesses the options of Text messages and multimedia messages. Based on your plan you may be charged to the carrier of texts:
- Receive text messages
- Send SMS messages.
Location:
The application also accessible to trace out your current location:
- Precise location based on the GPS network
- Approximate location network-based
Storage:
- The feature which accesses to save, edit and delete the media files and documents.
- Edit and delete the content media from the USB
- Read the content of your USB.
Camera:
- The application uses the camera of your device to access the application abilities:
- Take pictures and videos
Phone:
This application uses your phone and its call history, depending on your plan as you may change according to your carrier for phone calls.
- The feature Phone allows the below permissions.
- Read call log
- Directly call phone numbers
- Read phone status and identity
Microphone:
The app also accesses your device to record audio clips.
- Record Audio.
Device and App History:
- The WhatsApp application can access your device ID, phone number.
- Device ID & call information may include the ability to read phone status and identity.
- Read phone status and identity.
Others:
- Read sync statistics
- Receive data from the internet
- Create accounts and set passwords
- Connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- Toggle sync on and off
- Control near field communication
- Change your audio settings
- Use accounts on the device
- Install shortcuts
- Send sticky broadcast
- Read Google service configurations
- Change network connectivity
- Control vibration
- Full network access
- View network connections
- Modify system settings
- Pair with Bluetooth devices
- Run at startup
- Uninstall shortcuts
Prevent device from sleeping.
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