{"id":553182,"date":"2026-07-22T00:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:35:09","slug":"whatsapp-usernames-why-somalia-fears-they-will-pose-a-security-risk-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/553182\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp usernames: Why Somalia fears they will pose a security risk &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBxdk5ndXlaWGUtYUlvQ25BM21Rcm1zX1Mtd1h4QTFkR2hpMFZmRUlEOXpGZWt3bjNGLWtoVzZVb1Z3Wk05Yk9USkRQT29lYW90R3JySnB0Uk9vZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WhatsApp usernames: Why Somalia fears they will pose a security risk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxPRmRpYzZXZXZZSjFZdjRuNFZIU1BUZFVqWE9JemF5dmxWa28tTW9JV3lOUk5CZmhBUXRjYWZ5M0cwLW0tUVRHRzMtTGU2QmFOZHFzRFc0WDhjbVJrbVFvSGZxVUwtTjZncUNfVXBPR2JWNUo5ZWxaU0JvUTE4c29lZWJZeENXRWJieW1MSUEyblpSUUkxbmNNbWg5WEpqRzFmNmtrc2ZzNjE2allIVWxHTXpXXzEzYTB1UkFIX2lBN3FJWTUtM2txa2pubVd1RDNIVHgxTzdUVXJmc2dzMFM0Z1VpLWtTRDltOHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WhatsApp tightens username security for public figures as privacy features evolve<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Indiatimes<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxOR1FadlJKeDBZUWFIT3hNX2llUUJJNGNHa3lfQi0zTU92VjdUZUQ3clQ3NFl0V1FLekNqR0JKcGlNODZOR3Zray1zSTVuWXJwSTdWb2xiZTlNTWJ2U3lBNUI0R1dHdDVVMVZsblNPc3IyRUtVZUJfYTljc2tnY0NhY2F0dXBWVjBWUi0wSDlXajBLckRkQVBFVlA0UzZxSHJyWXNudG9UNjRIUVVfTDhFRkNmRjVfd1FobXdpdXpUeXFMZG5yZHNDcWt3VU5Ld2N1dUFaN2ZsU1hraG8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Messaging Platforms&#8217; Username: Govt Working On Common Standards<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rediff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxQSlE1S2ZfdzViWEhWa2hBaUVsOXpwbTdEWGxqaEhfT2dKaENzVEJWaURuWm04ZkpvUUQ4Um9YVXNwNEFaY3c5cXJlRjdOclRURFFlQjFLZkctX1F4dXdtV3JEZ2U1aWJZMHdSRlhuU0hsSXNGUlFsU1pBVm9QY01RS2I3TlZFQdIBiwFBVV95cUxONnZxQnczSGFfajR3WEJNN0VmNkI5QTRkUWI2LWVRdllpZFlHYWZndUVWR0hyMlM2bWQzZC1QdnRxdXpHeHp0UERROVh5VDhPWEhqZmxMSklWTU02MnJ3ZjE1VDlHSk5qUW5idkVCZUNwV2UyYjdxeWZMQWJkVVcwWFR3YVZMTnRWSGVF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WhatsApp reportedly begins rolling out usernames to select Android, iPhone users: here\u2019s how they work<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;91mobiles.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India\u2019s tussle with WhatsApp over usernames could set a bad precedent for privacy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Scroll.in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WhatsApp usernames: Why Somalia fears they will pose a security risk&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCWhatsApp tightens username security for public figures as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-553182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}