Meta defends WhatsApp username rollout after India warns of cybercrime risks
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Priyanka Salve
15h ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
Meta has defended its WhatsApp username feature after the Indian government raised concerns that it could increase cybercrime. Meta argues that users still need a phone number to use WhatsApp and that the company has built multiple safeguards into the username system, including limiting how many new people an account can contact, blocking repeated username guessing attempts, and detecting impersonation patterns.
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bskyMeta defends WhatsApp username rollout after India warns of cybercrime riskscnbc.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledUsers still require a phone number to use WhatsApp, and we've built multiple layers of defense against scams into usernames.
We've built multiple layers of defense against scams into usernames.
Meta has defended its WhatsApp username feature after the Indian government raised cybersecurity concerns.
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