WhatsApp is rolling out passkey support to its app – here's how to set it up

https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-passkey-support-to-its-app-heres-how-to-set-it-up

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lemmyvore@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y

Wish I knew what they were talking about. I've never had to login into Whatsapp, it was always done by confirming my phone number.

Now I have to login? What's my username? What happens if I lose my phone and the passkey was set up with a fingerprint or face recognition on the old one? Do I have to login into Google instead? But why login into Google to be able to login into Whatsapp?

So many questions.

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Set it up? Could you also give some clue how to turn it off?

Gap@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Go to passkeys and hit revoke. They tell you in the article