Rogue,

The cynic in me immediately thinks this is so Facebook can further connect your activity to sell

lemmyvore,

Probably, I mean the reason most people pop a 2nd SIM in their phone is for registering on websites where they’d rather not have their main number cross-referenced and datamined. This can be anything from Amazon to personal ads sites.

But the moment you give in to the temptation to register than 2nd number with Whatsapp Meta will be able to figure out from your contacts who you are and associate it with the main number.

108,
@108@kbin.social avatar

The owner of what’s app is enough to keep me off it.

Zaphod,

For dual sim phones I guess?

lemmyvore,

Not necessarily, they’re also allowing people with two single-sim phones to associate both numbers with the same WhatsApp account.

Which like the other comment said makes me suspect they’re really after collecting people’s 2nd numbers, in whatever shape or form (2nd phone, 2nd SIM, 2nd eSIM etc.)

HurlingDurling,

What a time to be alive

JeeBaiChow,

Ah yes. Now meta will know the high profile business guy behind account A also browses kiddy porn via account B. Well played.

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