Phantom Viewer

What happens

Now and then, a few seconds after they open an app, a notification says: “👀 Someone viewed your profile.” No app name and no profile. It’s random and happens at most twice a day, so it never feels like a pattern.

Setup

1. Open this page in Safari on the iPhone, download the file (or AirDrop it), open it from Safari Downloads or Files, and tap Add Shortcut.
2. Long-press it in Shortcuts → All Shortcuts → Rename and call it Profile Helper, so it doesn’t give itself away.
3. Run while unlocked and choose Always Allow where offered. Only one in six runs passes the random gate, and it stops after two notifications in a day. For a predictable test, temporarily set the Random Number action’s minimum and maximum to 1, run and wait six seconds, then restore 1 and 6. To rearm, delete only phantom-viewer.txt from Files → iCloud Drive → Shortcuts → shortcut-to-hell.
4. Shortcuts → Automation → + → App, pick several apps they open often and choose Is Opened, select Run Immediately, tap Next and choose the shortcut.

Undo

Open Shortcuts → Automation, swipe left on the automation and tap Delete. Then delete the shortcut.

State and testing

The saved state lives in Files → iCloud Drive → Shortcuts → shortcut-to-hell: phantom-viewer.txt. Keep iCloud Drive available. Manual runs affect the same counters as automation runs. Deleting this shortcut does not delete its saved state.

Test the trigger

Installing the file does not create its automation. After the manual test, trigger the event once and check the result. If the shortcut picker is unavailable, create a blank automation, add Run Shortcut, and select this shortcut. Menus, previews and app-opening actions may still need interaction or an unlocked phone even with Run Immediately selected. If it stops, run from the shortcut’s … editor to identify the failing action.