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An online service that helps users monitor their ex-partner's Wechat information has triggered heated debate. The service is provided by Xianyu, a branch platform of Taobao, China's biggest online shopping website, which sells secondhand products. Ads for the service said they can access the target person's Wechat Moments – where users post status updates – and provide copies. Many netizens exclaimed that businessmen are so all-pervasive that they even sensed the hidden demands of former couples. Others asked how secure the Wechat app is and how the service providers could access strangers' Moments.