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  "textContent": "WhatsApp is testing a username system that could let people start chats without exposing their phone number to new contacts. Right now, the feature appears to be in limited beta testing, and I could not find an official WhatsApp announcement confirming a public rollout date. The clearest public details so far come from WABetaInfo, which […]\n\nThe post WhatsApp may let users chat by username instead of sharing phone numbers appeared first on VPN Central.",
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