Meta's WhatsApp is working on getting its hands on user email addresses

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When users create a WhatsApp account, they can only do so by linking a phone number to the account. While that makes sense logistically to a degree, it has also been criticized by privacy advocates ever since the first app versions of WhatsApp were released.

The latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android includes a new feature, still under development, that is elevating the email address from being solely used as part of WhatsApp's two-factor authentication security feature.

Meta's WhatsApp is working on getting its hands on user email addresses - gHacks Tech News

More data/information to sell. no doubt