Editor’s note: This article was first published in December 2014, about an Android app reported at the time; Facebook’s policies and API, and the WhatsApp scams it describes, including a WhatsApp spy app and a fake WhatsApp for PC, reflect that time. WhatsApp Web launched in 2015.
One of the things users ask for most, and one of the things others fear most, given how thoroughly violated and sold out their time on Facebook already is, would be an app that lets us see who has visited our profile on the social network, as LinkedIn, for example, already does.
El Economista reports that the chants and pleas have been heard, and that an app now exists that lets you see who views your profile. I don’t know why a serious newspaper like El Economista decided to run that article (perhaps it was written by an intern, or by someone who’d had a few drinks too many), because the truth is that this app will put your security at risk, and you still won’t know who views your Facebook profile.
Given that the app is supposedly free, and knowing for certain that it cannot tell you who views your Facebook profile (because Facebook’s API doesn’t allow it), I assume the aim is to get hold of your Facebook password (in the best case) or some kind of sensitive data on your devices.
Facebook’s policy on this is very clear:
Facebook doesn’t let you track who views your profile or your posts (your photos, for example). Nor is there any third-party app that does it.
If you come across an app that claims it can tell you who views your profile or your posts, report it.
Advice for those for whom it’s already too late
If you’re one of those who already fell for the WhatsApp spy app and the WhatsApp for PC, still hadn’t learned your lesson and downloaded this app too, uninstall it and change your passwords immediately, because they are already exposed.
See also: Traits that make you more likely to fall for a scam
Featured image: Yuri Samoilov, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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