WhatsApp revolution. It can be used without a phone number

As announced by the developers of WhatsAppa new function will soon be available to everyone that will make the procedure for adding a new contact quicker and safer, managing it privately regardless of …

WhatsApp revolution. It can be used without a phone number


As announced by the developers of WhatsAppa new function will soon be available to everyone that will make the procedure for adding a new contact quicker and safer, managing it privately regardless of the electronic device you use.

“Until now, the only place you could add contacts was on your mobile device, by typing a mobile number or scanning a QR code”we read on the official blog of the Meta application. Well, this operation can soon also be carried out with WhatsApp Web and Windows, and with other connected smartphones.

Therefore, for example, if the user loses their phone or connects another mobile phone to the main number, the contacts will become accessible directly from the cloudand the Ipls technology, “Identity Proof Linked Storage”, will guarantee the highest level of security for WhatsApp users. Thanks to it, contacts are protected with a cryptographic key produced by the device, and only the owner of this key is authorized to restore the saved data if necessary.

With the new update the user will therefore be able to save the contact no longer only on the main device, but this is not the only new feature: an option will in fact be implemented to save contacts only on theappthus skipping the usual synchronization procedure with the smartphone address book. These WhatsApp contacts, explains the official blog, “They’re ideal if you share your phone with other people or if you want to separate personal and business contacts when managing more than one account.”

Always aiming for the highest level of security and privacy, the company is also planning another important feature, which provides the possibility of using username to save and manage contacts. By doing so it will be possible to create a new connection, however avoiding necessarily sharing one’s telephone number with someone: the user will have the possibility of exchanging messages with another profile while maintaining privacy on this specific personal data, a bit like already happens on Telegram.

For how long

concerns the functionality designed to save contacts on any device, it will be released gradually in the next few days, while the one relating to usernames is still under development and refinement.