openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: WhatsApp connection also reading Meta AI chat [1 participants]

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When using the WhatsApp connection with your own number, it is expected that it only access the conversation with your own number. I tested that with other numbers messaging me and me messaging other numbers and it indeed works. However, there’s one exception. The Meta AI chat. Anything you say on the meta ai conversation leaks to openclaw. This can have the unintended consequences of higher usage from law or data leakage from the meta ai conversation to open claw. It does seem that only texts are shared though and no attachments or images from my tests

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When using the WhatsApp connection with your own number, it is expected that it only access the conversation with your own number. I tested that with other numbers messaging me and me messaging other numbers and it indeed works. However, there’s one exception. The Meta AI chat. Anything you say on the meta ai conversation leaks to openclaw. This can have the unintended consequences of higher usage from law or data leakage from the meta ai conversation to open claw. It does seem that only texts are shared though and no attachments or images from my tests

Root Cause

When using the WhatsApp connection with your own number, it is expected that it only access the conversation with your own number. I tested that with other numbers messaging me and me messaging other numbers and it indeed works. However, there’s one exception. The Meta AI chat. Anything you say on the meta ai conversation leaks to openclaw. This can have the unintended consequences of higher usage from law or data leakage from the meta ai conversation to open claw. It does seem that only texts are shared though and no attachments or images from my tests

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Bug type

Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

When using the WhatsApp connection with your own number, it is expected that it only access the conversation with your own number. I tested that with other numbers messaging me and me messaging other numbers and it indeed works. However, there’s one exception. The Meta AI chat. Anything you say on the meta ai conversation leaks to openclaw. This can have the unintended consequences of higher usage from law or data leakage from the meta ai conversation to open claw. It does seem that only texts are shared though and no attachments or images from my tests

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start openclaw
  2. Connect it to your own phone number on WhatsApp.
  3. Set it to single mode so only one person would use it.
  4. Send a message to the Meta AI conversation.
  5. Open claw answers as if you were talking to it.

Expected behavior

The expected behavior is that it only works on the chat with myself and does not read any other conversations on my WhatsApp

Actual behavior

It responds to requests you make to Meta AI. This also raises the question of, is it passively reading the other conversations? And if so, are those being also sent to the LLM api?

OpenClaw version

2026.4.15

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04

Install method

install.sh

Model

MiniMax M2.5

Provider / routing chain

openclaw-> manifest.build -> kilo

Additional provider/model setup details

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Impact and severity

Severity: High Affect everyone who uses the WhatsApp integration Consequence: possible data leakage

Additional information

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TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by modifying the WhatsApp connection settings to filter out conversations with the Meta AI chat.

Guidance

  • Investigate the WhatsApp API integration to determine why OpenClaw is accessing conversations with Meta AI, despite being set to single mode.
  • Verify that the issue is specific to the Meta AI conversation by testing with other third-party services or bots on WhatsApp.
  • Consider implementing a conversation filtering mechanism to exclude the Meta AI chat from being accessed by OpenClaw.
  • Review the OpenClaw documentation and configuration options to ensure that the single mode setting is correctly configured and functioning as expected.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue does not contain sufficient technical details to create a specific example.

Notes

The root cause of the issue is unclear, and further investigation is required to determine why OpenClaw is accessing the Meta AI conversation. The provided information suggests that the issue may be related to the WhatsApp API integration or the single mode configuration.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by modifying the WhatsApp connection settings to filter out conversations with the Meta AI chat, as this will help mitigate the potential data leakage issue until a permanent fix can be implemented.

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Expected behavior

The expected behavior is that it only works on the chat with myself and does not read any other conversations on my WhatsApp

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