India gives WhatsApp three days to defend username rollout amid security fears
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India has given WhatsApp three days to justify and pause its planned global rollout of a username feature amid government concerns that allowing first contact without phone numbers may increase impersonation, phishing and other scams; the article covers MeitY's regulatory notice, responses from WhatsApp and the Internet Freedom Foundation, and WhatsApp's mitigation measures rather than reporting any active exploitation.
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