Chinese bot/scammer wants to communicate via Whatsapp. Unsafe to engage?

I am currently in the process of fucking with a Chinese bot/scammer that contacted me out of the blue recently via text. Now they want to communicate via Whatsapp, and I do not know if it is still safe to pursue this endeavor. I don't have an account so idgaf if the one I make gets hacked, but I don't want my phone or computer to get compromised from this, so I'm wondering if it's currently possible for a device …

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