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.wongmjane reverse-engineers apps to find new features long before companies announce them — like Instagram's experiment with hiding likes, which she discovered weeks before it was unveiled.

Wong occasionally makes money by reporting security flaws to companies', but otherwise does her sleuthing purely as a form of leisure. However, she says she's open to working as a developer for a major platform, "if they'll have me."

Here are some of the high-profile features Wong predicted correctly, as well as some new features she's spotted that are still unconfirmed.

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