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>If your phone dies, so does your WhatsApp web connection. The user doesn't benefit from this. Who does benefit from this, and why?
by Aardwolf 12y ago
>If your phone dies, so does your WhatsApp web connection.
The user doesn't benefit from this. Who does benefit from this, and why?
- mishmax 12y agoWhats App uses your phone # as authentication and identity. There is no username and password. So connecting to your phone is only way to verify you are who you are.
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- mercer 12y agoBut surely once verified it should be possible to use the app without your phone? It works that way with Telegram.
- drpancake 12y agoPure speculation, but it sounds like they're relaying everything through the handset. That might explain the lack of iOS support, as background processing is still somewhat restricted.
- saljam 12y agoThat might also be related to how they're now encrypting messages on the handset after partnering up with Open Whisper. https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/ Edit: this is also pure speculation.