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India writes to WhatsApp over usernames security concerns

India gives WhatsApp three days to defend username rollout amid security fears

Government of the messenger's largest market demands a pause while Meta explains how it plans to stop impersonators

India has asked WhatsApp to explain why it should not face regulatory action after it announced the global rollout of a new usernames feature amid fears that the new feature could lead to increased cyberattacks.

The country's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) gave the Meta owned platform three days to respond to its July 1 letter and to halt the rollout of usernames until the government gives its approval.

WhatsApp announced on June 29 that it was allowing users to reserve usernames that could be used instead of phone numbers on the platform when the feature launches later this year.

It said that people want to chat with others without exposing their personal phone number, whether to a...

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