Last year WhatsApp finally launched the web version of its instant messaging service, news that was very well received by those users who get more out of the tool from their personal computer. In addition to having the main advantage of being able to write to our contacts more comfortably from a physical keyboard, an extension allows us to use WhatsApp Web from a function impossible from the mobile application. The extension, available for Firefox, achieves something that the official application of the company does not allow: Hide the status while we are online and even talking with our contacts.
WhatsApp is one of the applications most used daily by users around the world. Since the arrival of WhatsApp Web, we can now also more comfortably enjoy the service directly from our laptop or PC. Basically, being able to type from a physical keyboard makes it even more attractive. In addition, to this is added the possibility of installing ShutApp , an extension for Firefox that will provide us with more privacy when establishing communication with our friends and family.
The main advantage of ShutApp is to hide our status while we are using the service, but its qualities go even further. This extension for Firefox also allows that while we are using WhatsApp Web the rest of the users do not receive the confirmation of reading those messages that we have already read. In this way, if the double blue check is activated, our contact will not know at any time that we have already read what he has communicated to us. On the other hand, the service is not synchronized at any time with the mobile application, so if we use our device later, we will see how the double check in blue is not reflected in the messages.
This extension is very easy to use. We will only have to install it like any other extension for Firefox. Once activated we will have to carry out the process to run WhatsApp Web from Firefox . Make sure that the icon appears on the right side of the browser is shaded. This will mean that we are already hidden, so all our contacts will think that we are not using WhatsApp , even though we are actually online and talking to other people.
At the moment ShutApp is only available for the Mozilla browser , although it is very likely that we will soon see it in others such as Chrome or Internet Explorer. The truth is that WhatsApp has more and more tools to keep privacy at bay. The company has different settings, which can be accessed from the Account section , so that we can hide our photo, status or even the time of the last connection. In addition, we can also choose if we want this information to be accessible to everyone or only to our contacts.