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Don't!
Your whatsapp session will expire over time & you gonna need to reinstall it on your phone.
Ether install whatsapp on private space or, if you feel adventurous, selfhost a Matrix-Whatsapp bridge.
Alternatively, convince your socials to use smh foss & more reliable,
Maybe telegram if they insist on mainstream,
It got a foss client but telegram doesn't enable E2EE by default (Secret Chat).
Signal would be better for a mainstream secure communication as Telegram has its flaws, and E2EE is not enabled by default. It's also not available in channels.
Yeah I would rather just nudge them towards Signal, I very much dislike telegram and have recently retired it
:O uhhhhm, Great!! ๐ Don't mind me, I accidentally wrote a whole blog
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