There are two huge privacy leaks in the WhatsApp messaging service.
The other is that you must give people your phone number to connect with them.
WhatsApp’snew usernamesmay fix the latter.
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Why Do People Use WhatsApp?
The same for replying to classified ads and so on.
Where I live, people don’t even make regular phone calls.
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They prefer WhatsApp calls.
“Nowadays, it is becoming more and more important to protect our privacy.
These folks may swap SIM cards either permanently or while traveling to get a local number.
But there is a possible downside.
