2024-04-26 17:56:42
Text: Editorial Cuba Noticias 360
The WhatsApp messaging application introduced a new change to improve your privacy, through the possibility of establishing user names associated with telephone numbers.
This new option, comparable to that of its competitor Telegram, is available in its beta version for Android, which includes a field in the application profile where you can choose a personalized nickname.
But how will this feature be received by users of the application in Cuba and what could its implementation benefit them?
In some Internet forums you can read that one of the fundamental purposes of this change is to strengthen the security of users, since it will not be necessary to send a phone number to share the WhatsApp username with another person, which will also be hidden. in the contact details.
On the island it could have a positive impact for those who do not want to share this personal telephone contact, especially those who maintain an active profile in the informal market.
The groups that exist in the application to buy and sell products from the informal market are secrets to no one, an activity that, although illicit, is one of the alternatives that Cubans resort to most in these times in the face of market shortages. state.
With the new usernames, the identity of sellers and/or buyers in these groups would not be publicly revealed, thus ensuring that they cannot be easily detected by the country’s authorities.
In addition to this, Whatsapp launched other updates that include the message editing function, with which users will be able to modify a sent message within 15 minutes of sending it. Of course, it will be clearly indicated that the message has been edited, which guarantees transparency in the conversations.
For the moment we will have to wait for this update to be available and match this functionality with Telegram, especially because although the latter is used by many on the island, WhatsApp currently has a greater number of users.
So far the launch date of the username function has not been officially announced, but according to several specialized texts it will not take long. So you have to be careful because usernames will be unique.