How WhatsApp status tracker works and how to prevent it

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I started testing few whatsapp trackers and it looks like it's working even if you disabled "last seen" option on your privacy settings.

The apps give you when and how much a person was online and it's kinda scary from a privacy perspective, so any idea how these apps works ? and the most important questions is how to prevent it?

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it looks like it's related to "online" status not the last seen, but still, I'm surprised how whatsapp allows non contacts to have this information

https://traced.app/2021/04/13/whatsapp-status-loophole-is-ai...

That page is so terrible. So much non-informational words which are designed to cause emotions, and so little actual technical info. Painful to read.

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