Feign ignorance forever – this app lets you read texts without the sender knowing

Do you hate how Line, Facebook Messenger, and other mobile messengers will notify the sender that you’ve read their messages? If so, this makeshift app might have the solution you’re looking for.

Available for free in Google Play, Message Peeping Tom lets you read your messages without opening a messaging app. It collects the text from notifications one receives, and then sends it to a special tab in Message Peeing Tom where entire conversations can be viewed discreetly. At the moment, the app supports Line, Facebook Messenger, Kakao Talk, Hike, Between, and China’s Momo.

The app also lets users take a screenshot of the text, for maximum gossip spreading among friends.

Developed by Taiwan’s Holiestep, Message Peeping Tom is rough around the edges. Depending on the type of Android phone you use, you might have to toggle through a number of different settings in order to make it work properly. The app’s instructions are also written in broken English, which is a bit of an eyesore. Given that Message Peeping Tom hit the Google Play store just a few days ago and has only cracked 500 downloads, it seems it’s firmly in “minimum viable product” territory.

Still though, once it’s up and running, it works just as promised. That’s a dream come true for singles in distress, masters of passive-aggression, or the perpetually anti-social.