Shady app lets stalkers view private Instagram accounts in exchange for their own data

Facebook doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to minding its users' privacy, and Cambridge Analytica exploiting the social network's third-party APIs for unchecked data collection surely hasn't helped. Now, we've found another service called Ghosty that takes advantage of Instagram's API to create a stalker paradise. By crowdsourcing the data of all of its users' Instagram accounts, it lets anyone view many private profiles.

The promise of the app is sketchy from the get-go: Just share your Instagram login credentials with it to get access to many private accounts.

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Shady app lets stalkers view private Instagram accounts in exchange for their own data was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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