WhatsApp to soon roll out email verification
That's another layer of protection for your account. Some users using the beta branch of WhatsApp are prompted to verify their accounts using their...
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Another reason to move to Signal
As an aside, I'd personally prefer the option to use email instead of phone numbers on Signal.
Or random-generated User IDs like on Session
Apparently it's coming. It's been on the way for quite some time, but the chatter I see suggests it is actively being worked on.
If you go to the View Safety Number page of a chat, you'll see that they're changing the safety numbers. Here's the explanation they gave.
I'm glad to see progress is being made! I wonder if after usernames are added people will use it to message people on the internet, like discord is used.