alt Hacker NewsYou should use a separate WhatsApp account for bot purposes.
Recently, I used a separate WhatsApp account to interact with a group chat that I have with my friends. After about a week, they disabled the account, with no way to re-enable it.
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BoppreH • today at 8:08 AM
In my case I did, but it's still wasted time and money. And when breaking TOS there's always a chance of getting related accounts also banned, though I don't know if that has already happened with WhatsApp or not.
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.