No, I have a normal account, not business.

I just found this article
https://mashable.com/article/is-whatsapp-banning-sex-worker-accounts

Many sex workers are confused by the WhatsApp bans because of the app's encryption. "I don't understand how WhatsApp can even see that we're sex workers if they're not able to see our messages," Alice tells me.

WhatsApp describes the app as end-to-end encrypted, adding in their help centre that "end-to-end encryption ensures only you and the person you're communicating with can read or listen to what is sent, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp."

However, a spokesperson for Meta told Mashable that group chat titles and display names aren't encrypted, and that these are sometimes used to flag illegal activity with their moderation team. In addition, a white paper from WhatsApp on how end-to-end encryption works also specifies that encryption works by locking messages away with "keys" WhatsApp themselves don't have access to, unless you're on a business account. Those ones, they can access.

I wasn't in a group
did not have a business account
did not have a sexy sex worker name show up as my name.

the only way to identify my number is if the scrapped it from one of the few websites that have my number displayed (not I do not display mu number on AW)
or if some reported me - but who and why would any - I have no enemies - I am very low key.


I think the problem is that the telephone number I am using is a business number because it appears on business websites and WhatsApp is meant for "personal use" among friends and family.


And then of course we aren't allowed to use WhatsApp Business.

But our customers don't understand any of this.

And we should be able to use our business numbers for personal things on WhatsApp - just like every other person who has a company phone.