alt Hacker NewsNo, I think the parent is about a number you had, and then abandoned, and it's now somebody's else's number. Phone numbers don't come with the guarantee of only one user given enough time.
No, I think the parent is about a number you had, and then abandoned, and it's now somebody's else's number. Phone numbers don't come with the guarantee of only one user given enough time.
But if they tried to use whatsapp with that number, they would either be unable to register, or would be using someone else's whatsapp account which was set up with that number, until the original whatsapp account expires, right?
> Phone numbers don't come with the guarantee of only one user given enough time.
Whatsapp seems to think they do, based on the article, and their logic of making the phone number the account. Therein lies the problem.