WhatsApp, the popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat (and losing users) in recent weeks after announcing changes to how it shares data with its owner Facebook. Now, it’s adding a new biometric feature to the service that will be helping make those using its web and desktop versions a little more secure.
The company said that from today, it will roll out a new look for its web and desktop apps, which will let people create an additional authentication layer using biometrics when they want to use WhatsApp on desktop or web.
You will now have the option (not requirement) to add in a biometric login, which uses either a fingerprint, face ID, or iris ID — depending on the device — on Android or iPhone handsets, to add in a second layer of authentication. When implemented, it will appear for users before a desktop or web version can be linked up with a mobile app account, which today relies just on using a QR code.
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