WhatsApp to let people chat without swapping phone numbers
The app's new usernames feature will be rolled out globally over the next few months.
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"she hoped the feature would 'give users control over how they choose to show up' on the app."
— Alice Newton-Rex , Executive
"'It is a good feature, but even if it does offer more privacy, remember WhatsApp is not a privacy-friendly app overall.'"
— Carisa Veliz , Academic
Key People
Alice Newton-Rex is the head of product at WhatsApp.
Carisa Veliz is a professor at Oxford University and author of 'Privacy is Power.'
Kunal Shah is the founder of the Indian fintech start-up Cred.
Will Cathcart oversaw Meta's messaging platform WhatsApp for nearly seven years.
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The app's new usernames feature will be rolled out globally over the next few months.
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