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25 Aug 2026, 9:19 PM	The Hacker News	5.5	WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android WhatsApp now supports multiple passkeys per account across iOS and Android, letting users with both device types sign in phishing-resistant without SMS codes. Over 1 billion people already use a passkey for WhatsApp login. Two-step verification also upgraded from a 6-digit PIN to a full alphanumeric password with special characters, and Android now shows extra context (origin, contact status, shared groups) for calls from non-contacts. Why: If you build anything on top of WhatsApp Business API or rely on WhatsApp for customer comms in Malaysia/SEA, your users will soon expect passkey-grade login UX and stronger 2FA as the default. The multi-passkey-per-account model is worth studying as a reference for your own multi-device auth designs—1B+ users is the largest passkey deployment signal yet. authentication passkeys whatsapp mobile-security ux

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25 Aug 2026, 9:19 PM

The Hacker News

5.5

WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android

WhatsApp now supports multiple passkeys per account across iOS and Android, letting users with both device types sign in phishing-resistant without SMS codes. Over 1 billion people already use a passkey for WhatsApp login. Two-step verification also upgraded from a 6-digit PIN to a full alphanumeric password with special characters, and Android now shows extra context (origin, contact status, shared groups) for calls from non-contacts.

Why: If you build anything on top of WhatsApp Business API or rely on WhatsApp for customer comms in Malaysia/SEA, your users will soon expect passkey-grade login UX and stronger 2FA as the default. The multi-passkey-per-account model is worth studying as a reference for your own multi-device auth designs—1B+ users is the largest passkey deployment signal yet.