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Protect your WhatsApp account with new passkey and 2FA upgrades

medmalwarebytes_blogPublished 2026-08-28

<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://blog.whatsapp.com/one-billion-people-are-now-protected-with-passkeys-on-whatsapp-plus-more-account-security-features">WhatsApp announced</a> on August 25 that more than one billion people now use <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/cybersecurity/basics/passkey" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">passkeys</a> to log back into the app.</p>

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Original source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/mobile/2026/08/protect-your-whatsapp-account-with-new-passkey-and-2fa-upgrades