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WhatsApp might soon let you log into its desktop app with your fingerprint

WhatsApp might soon let you log into its desktop app with your fingerprint

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You might soon be able to log into WhatsApp‘s desktop version just with your fingerprint. Serial WhatsApp leaker WABetaInfo has spotted the Facebook-owned company is experimenting with a fingerprint login system in the app’s latest beta build for Android (2.20.200). The feature works similarly to the QA code interface the app currently uses to authenticate new desktop sessions. That said, it sounds infinitely more convenient. As someone who uses WhatsApp Web quite often, I always find it annoying to pull out my phone, turn on my camera, and scan a QR code on my laptop. Signing in directly with a fingerprint…

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