Mobile peer-to-peer payment app Venmo is great for splitting a dinner bill or giving a friend gas money, but according to a report from MarketWatch, it's also great at helping you spy on people! In Venmo, transactions are public by default, so while the amount of the transfer is hidden, your payment activity shows who you are sending payments to, and what for if you put in a description of the payment. This allows any would be sleuth to find out if you've been spending time with someone you shouldn't have, or spending money on less than legal things.
Ben Ryan, a 28-year-old Jersey Shore resident, came across an old fling on Venmo and couldn’t resist checking to see what he had been up to. "I saw his name come up and I was, like, 'Oh, this is going to be good,'" Ryan told MarketWatch. "I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this. I was going back to 2016. I sat in bed and scrolled."
Doesn't anyone just use cash to buy their drugs anymore? As creepy as this is, there are a few things to take away. First is don't put information you don't want online. Second is if someone spends hours reading your transaction history, be thankful that they are your ex.Ben Ryan, a 28-year-old Jersey Shore resident, came across an old fling on Venmo and couldn’t resist checking to see what he had been up to. "I saw his name come up and I was, like, 'Oh, this is going to be good,'" Ryan told MarketWatch. "I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this. I was going back to 2016. I sat in bed and scrolled."