What’s(app) in a (User)name?
In addition to the main new feature announcement, WhatsApp’s post also revealed plans to allow contacts to be saved with a username.
This, it says, will “add an extra degree of privacy” as users will no longer have to share their phone number when messaging somebody.
On top of privacy, it remains to be seen whether the application of usernames instead of phone numbers could also help to reduce the growing proliferation of WhatsApp scams – the blog made no comment on this possibility.
Nor did it reveal a launch date of this feature.
