Facebook adds opt-in biometric fingerprint, face, or iris scan authentication for WhatsApp on desktop or web
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it uses your data.
TechCrunch Ingrid Lunden
Related Coverage
- WhatsApp adds biometric authentication for logging in on desktop The Verge · Chaim Gartenberg
- WhatsApp now requires biometric authentication for PC and web access Engadget · Mariella Moon
- WhatsApp will require a fingerprint or face ID to use its desktop apps The Next Web · Napier Lopez
- WhatsApp is bringing biometric authentication to WhatsApp Web, Desktop Android Authority · Hadlee Simons
- View article USA Today
- View article AppleInsider
- WhatsApp gaining face and fingerprint locking its web and desktop clients Windows Central · Sean Endicott
- WhatsApp Mac app now requires use of Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone 9to5Mac · Ben Lovejoy
- View article Pocketnow
- View article iDownloadBlog.com
- View article Android Headlines
- WhatsApp offers Biometric security for WhatsApp Web, desktop sessions NextPit · Rahul Srinivas
- WhatsApp adding biometric security when linking web and desktop apps 9to5Google · Damien Wilde
- WhatsApp adds more security features for web and desktop versions The Economic Times · Anumeha Chaturvedi
- WhatsApp Now Requires Biometric Authentication for Desktop, Web Access PCMag · Stephanie Mlot
- WhatsApp Web and Desktop now require biometric authentication before device linking XDA Developers · Kishan Vyas
- WhatsApp to Require Face ID or Touch ID When Linking Accounts to Web and Desktop Apps MacRumors · Tim Hardwick
- WhatsApp brings biometric authentication to its web and desktop apps Android Central · Babu Mohan
- Poll: How do you unlock your smartphone? Android Authority · Hadlee Simons
- WhatsApp announces face and fingerprint unlocking for desktop and web app SlashGear · Satsuki Then
Discussion
-
@whatsapp
@whatsapp
on x
Today we're starting to roll out a new security feature for WhatsApp Web and Desktop: face and fingerprint unlock when linking devices. WhatsApp does not see your face or fingerprint data. Chats for your 👀 only https://faq.whatsapp.com/... https://twitter.com/...
-
@samerkamal
Samer Kamal
on x
The weakest Privacy PR stunt ever. https://twitter.com/...