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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uxhacker 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

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

	▲	jannes 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Jabber/XMPP was designed around persistent TCP connections. Push notification support came too late.

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ButlerianJihad 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> in many legislations

Do you mean “jurisdictions”?

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miroljub 2 days ago | parent [-]

I said "legislations" because the word describes the existence of laws, while "jurisdictions" describes the law enforcement.

There are still some European non-EU countries where you can get an anonymous phone number because laws are not fully enforced.

	▲	grey-area 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is incorrect usage in English I'm afraid, and jurisdictions covers areas with different laws, 'legislations' is not used in this context.
	▲	ButlerianJihad 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Well, your usage is nonsensical in legal terms. Also, that is not the definition of “jurisdiction”. Nobody who knows law would use “legislation” in that sense, nor would they recognize it in that context, Humpty Dumpty.