How your WhatsApp status may be used by your ex-partner to stalk you

While WhatsApp is a private tool to let users communicate only with consent, WhatsApp status posts may be used by stalkers to track you without your consent. There are dedicated apps to track WhatsApp status posts of users that can be used by stalkers to gain insights.
“When someone comes online in WhatsApp (that is, they open the app or bring it to the foreground), an indicator changes, setting their status to “Online”. This indicator is public information, and can be used by anyone to build a service that watches out for this online status indicator,” says a report by cybersecurity firm Traced.
While privacy on WhatsApp is very basic, the cybersecurity firm claims that these WhatsApp status tracker apps can prove to be a useful tool for stalkers. “You can enter any mobile phone number, and if that person uses WhatsApp, the status tracker will provide the exact date and time that person opened WhatsApp,” it said.