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Posted - Jan 30 2018 : 6:43PM
So I'm wondering if anyone else is having the same experience as me with Instagram. I don't use IG in my regular life but I created an account linked to an anonymous email for the purpose of following porn stars. But still, I get a list of suggested profiles from IG that looks like they're getting into my Facebook friends list. I've poked around in my IG account to see if my Facebook is linked, but I sure don't see that anywhere. What worries me here is that if I'm seeing these other people, are they seeing me? And is my so-called anonymous IG account really anonymous? Does anyone know how Instragram is generating these suggestions?
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Posted - Jan 31 2018 : 2:07PM
Facebook owns Instagram for starters. If you use it on your phone Instagram probably has access to your contacts.
If you have privacy concerns, don't use any Facebook property.
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Posted - Feb 1 2018 : 7:52AM
It matters if you're using your phone or computer. You need to manually set permissions / security for both facebook and instagram. Personally, I only use Twitter for porn related stuff as I'm too concerned there will be tie ins with facebook properties (and my day job which involves social media.)
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Posted - Feb 2 2018 : 2:08AM
Thanks for the replies. When I created the Instagram account, I deliberately did not link it to my Facebook. I created it under an anonymous, throwaway email address, so there shouldn't be a connection. But, IG could be digging into my hard drive. If Facebook stores my friend list data locally on my machine, they could be digging into that. Or, I suppose, they could have some other way of linking the owner of a computer with facebook accounts also used by user(s) of that computer.
The good news is that I found a setting to make sure that my IG account doesn't come up as a recommendation for others.



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