This is an app that connects to your phone and sends messages via the app. I don't think it's that crazy to decide that running on a VM or remote desktop is out of scope.

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viraptor 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn't connect to your phone, it just authenticates via the app. I deal with a company where people use thin clients that run WhatsApp on the remote desktop. It's not an unusual case.

	▲	saghm 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Interesting, I apparently skimmed the "Link to your phone" section too quickly (and I guess have a different sense of what that phrase implies than the author of that README, since a "link" that no longer requires the other end to exist anymore doesn't really seem like a link at all).

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codedokode 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It is a potentially unsafe app from some random person that can backdoor your computer so it doesn't make sense to run it without a VM.

	▲	saghm a day ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, sure, that's not wrong, but at that point, why are you letting the random person's app send and receive WhatsApp messages on your behalf at all? I'm pretty sure you'd need to give it network access, at which point being in a VM isn't going to protect your data from getting exfiltrated.