Only one day left. ‘SIM binding’ is being implemented from tomorrow i.e. 28th February. And if this rule is implemented, if the SIM card is not in the phone, you will not be able to use WhatsApp or any such messaging app using that number.

What exactly is the matter? Everyone from eight to eighty is on WhatsApp these days. Not only chatting, now all official work is also done on WhatsApp. Fraudsters use that opportunity. Keeping that in mind, the Center has taken major steps to prevent fraud. Currently, most apps including WhatsApp only do OTP verification on first login. Then there is no problem even if you don’t use that SIM card. And it is claimed that it benefits fraudsters. Because, many people use the number to open the app and get the fraud trap. But as the SIM card was destroyed, the investigators were unable to trace them.

Keeping those aspects in mind, new guidelines have been issued by the Centre. It has been said that the number used in WhatsApp must have the same SIM in the phone. If a number is closed for more than 90 days, it cannot be used to use WhatsApp or any messaging app. That is, suppose you use WhatsApp on your own number. Suppose for some reason the number is closed forever. In that case, you cannot use WhatsApp that is more than 90 days old. The use of the web version has also undergone major changes. So far the web version could be used until logging out automatically after logging in. Now every 6 hours the web version of WhatsApp has to be logged in again. The center is hopeful that it will be possible to prevent fraud. And this whole thing will start from March 1.