​7 apps you must know to talk to someone ‘secretly’

Adding every person to your WhatsApp or Facebook account is definitely not a good idea always. There are instances when you may not be comfortable with sharing your real phone number. A lot of things are connected to your phone number– Aadhaar, bank account, income tax, all chatting apps, your car registration and basically your entire life. The year 2020 has highlighted a change in the mindsets of scammers in India. They are now opting for personalised scams, focusing on identity thefts and socially engineering their baits to skim money. And throwing away your phone number to every random person is definitely not a clever thing to do. Here are X chatting apps that let you chat without revealing your phone number. Note that some apps may require you to sign in with your phone number, but you will be able to hide them while chatting with strangers.