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ehh, not really.

assuming a reasonable ratelimit, say 100 lookups per day (maybe some exceptions if the lookup results in an account that already has you in contacts, idk) - this would significantly reduce the amount of scraping that can be done.

contact lookup is a required function of whatsapp, the issue this paper highlights is that there is no protection against mass scraping



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