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WhatsApp Starts Username Reservations, Finally Decoupling Identity From Phone Numbers
The optional handle system lets users be reachable without exposing an E.164 number — a meaningful identifier change for a 3-billion-user directory.
Meta Halts AI Training Program Amid Data Access Breaches
Meta's AI data collection halted after security breaches. Employees accessed restricted data, revealing gaps in the program.
Meta Expands Off-Platform Data Use to Feed Ranking and AI Chatbot Replies
Activity shared by third-party businesses — already feeding ad targeting — will now shape what users see in their feeds and how Meta AI answers their questions.
Meta Catches NSO Spear-Phishing on WhatsApp, Asks Court to Hold Vendor in Contempt
The injunction was supposed to keep Pegasus operators away from WhatsApp users. Meta says NSO came back anyway — and is now asking a judge to do something about it.
Meta's AI Support Bot Handed Out Password Resets to Anyone Who Asked Nicely
A pro-Iran Telegram channel published a walkthrough showing how Instagram's conversational recovery assistant could be talked into linking attacker-controlled email addresses to target accounts. The Obama White House and a senior U.S. Space Force account were briefly defaced.