Learn what your apps show about you.
Your apps show people when you’re on, what you’ve read, whose profile you’ve opened and what’s on yours. TrueTo sets each of them so fewer people see it. Each of the first three works both ways except Discord’s: hide yours and you stop seeing theirs.
Last seen and online
WhatsApp and Telegram show both at the top of each chat. TrueTo sets who sees them to no one, on Telegram person by person.
Green dot
Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn light a green dot while you use them. TrueTo sets it off in each app.
What you’re playing
Discord can show the game or app you have open as a Playing line under your name, to your friends and to people who share a server with you. TrueTo sets that off. The green dot is a different thing, your Online status.
Read receipts
The moment you read a message, WhatsApp tells the person who sent it. TrueTo sets Read Receipts off, so it stops telling them, except in a group chat, where it always does.
Profile views
TikTok and LinkedIn name you to people whose profile you open. TrueTo sets each off. LinkedIn’s works both ways only on a free account.
Profile photo
WhatsApp shows your profile photo beside your name in every chat and group you are in. TrueTo sets who sees it to nobody.
About line
WhatsApp shows the About line on your profile, under your name. TrueTo sets who can read it to nobody. It is set on its own, apart from your photo and your Last Seen.
Phone number
Telegram ties your account to your phone number and can show that number on your profile. TrueTo sets who sees it to nobody. Anyone who already has your number saved sees it regardless.
Stories
Snapchat and Instagram decide who can open your story and whether it can be sent on. TrueTo sets each to the fewest people.
Music
Spotify can tell your followers what you’re listening to right now, and anyone who opens your profile the artists you’ve played lately. TrueTo sets them off.
Location
Snapchat puts you on a map your friends can open, at the place you last used the app. TrueTo sets who sees you there to no one, which Snapchat calls Ghost Mode.
