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Did you get the SIM card verification option when you open WhatsApp? He must have been a little surprised. I thought, why is it again? Behind this is a government guideline issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

What exactly is the matter? In 2025, the issue of sim binding came to light. In fact, eight to eighty people are 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. Till now most of the apps including WhatsApp used to do OTP verification only 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.

Guidelines are issued by the center keeping those aspects in mind. It is 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. That directive has come into effect this time. That’s why the SIM card verification option is available when WhatsApp is opened.