Over WhatsApp on their new User ID rollout plan, S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, says, “We have taken up the issue of using usernames because there is a serious possibility of impersonation and there is the kind of encouragement that facilitates committing cybercrime, which is a very serious issue. This is another dimension of the way that cybercrimes can be committed, which is the reason why we have directed WhatsApp to explain why they have this feature. Similarly, we have sought explanations from others.”
