Selfie Ghost
"Who's that standing behind you?"
Download shortcut⏱ 1m 15s setup
Open this page in Safari on an iPhone. The file goes straight into Shortcuts.
What happens
Every third time they open Camera, the shortcut snaps a front-camera photo. It cuts them out of the picture, slips a pale ghost into the background behind their shoulder, then shows them the result with one line: who’s that behind you?
Setup
- Open the download on their phone (or AirDrop it over) and tap Add Shortcut.
- Long-press it in Shortcuts → All Shortcuts → Rename and call it Camera Helper, so it doesn’t give itself away.
- Shortcuts → Automation → + → App, pick Camera, Is Opened, select Run Immediately, tap Next and choose the shortcut.
- Run it once now and tap Always Allow on every prompt, or the prank fizzles on a permission dialog later. It needs Camera and Files (the open counter lives in iCloud Drive).
Undo
Open Shortcuts → Automation, swipe left on the automation and tap Delete. Then delete the shortcut. The composite is never saved to their library.
Variations
- Edit the
3in the shortcut to make it rarer (every 5th open) or every single time.