Speaking on the sidelines of a CII Conference, Krishnan responded to an ANI question on government's concerns over WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram username feature, "The kind of encouragement that it provides or the facility it provides for committing more cybercrimes, which is a very serious issue... we have directed WhatsApp to explain why they have this feature and likewise we have similarly sought explanations from others," he said.

WhatsApp has announced the introduction of usernames, a feature that will allow users to communicate without sharing their phone numbers. | India News

The Indian government has issued a notice to WhatsApp regarding its new username feature due to impersonation concerns.