WhatsApp has confirmed that more than 1 billion people now use passkeys to log into the messaging app, marking one of the largest passwordless authentication rollouts in consumer tech history. Alongside this milestone, Meta’s flagship messaging platform is rolling out a major upgrade to two-step verification, replacing the long-standing six-digit PIN with a full alphanumeric […]
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