Want to see WhatsApp ‘blue ticks’ while hiding your own? There’s an app for that

We’ve all been there. You send a message, you see the recipient has read the message as the two blue tick marks appear, and then … nothing. You wait for the response, wondering what is taking so long. You get worried, anxious, angry, wondering whether they are ‘blue-ticking you’ on purpose... 

The agony of modern-day messaging is rooted in WhatsApp privacy controls, where if you want to see when other people read your messages (the blue ticks) you have to broadcast your own read receipts. But with unofficial alternatives to WhatsApp, you can have it both ways.