WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps worldwide. On the list of the ten most downloaded applications in the last decade WhatsApp ranks third. But now we want to take a closer look at WhatsApp spying.
Many of you know this. You - yes, you! You receive a message and don't answer it right away. The reason for this could be anything. You're eating, working, talking on the phone or reading - or - between you and me - you just don't feel like it. But now imagine that the person you're talking to is a bit special and expects a reply in the same minute. A disaster! But it can get even worse. You go online, see the message and go offline - RIP, huh? Let's assume that the person you're talking to is not only special but also a psycho. Well, that's where the app "Dasta -Tracker for WhatsApp" comes into play.
Attention hobby stalkers
First of all, anyone who actually uses this application should think deeply about their own state of mind - just a small tip on the side. Anyway. The application allows the user to track certain WhatsApp profiles around the clock - to be precise, the online times of any person, and it doesn't matter whether the person concerned knows the stalker or not - the phone number is completely sufficient. "Dasta -Tracker for WhatsApp" records the online times of the respective person and evaluates them. The stalker can then read the online times precisely in a kind of statistics. But how does something like that work? Well, the app does exactly that, like some competing applications before it. It takes advantage of a security gap in WhatsApp itself. But the problem is not new; it has been present and known in the popular messenger for years. This makes the attitude of the developers all the more annoying. This should have been improved a long time ago - but despite massive criticism, the problem has not been resolved and poses a real problem with data protection. However, users can't do anything about it - since it's a bug in the system, WhatsApp users have to live with it or switch to another messenger.
Notice: Hiding your online time “last online” is of no use at all.
Whether Dasta violates data protection and can ultimately be banned remains an open question for now. This needs to be clarified through legal means - but the fact is that an update from WhatsApp is not in sight. (Photo by World Image / Bigstockphoto)
