"Instgram" spoils the privacy of its users
If you think you can ignore your friends' messages on Instagram without letting them know your last appearance, there's a sad story.
Instagram has added the green status indicator on the front of your profile to let your contacts know when you're connected to the app. With friends on Instagram easier by showing you active when your friends are available to chat, "wrote Instagram. You'll see a green dot next to your username and other user account names in your live mailbox and list of followers when you share your diary.
DMing (Direct message) comments on this edit: "The content you like will become more fun when you know your friends are there There's a way to see it, "as this update gives you the ability to have more conversations in real time. Does this mean that you are bound to appear? No. If you do not want people to know you are connected, the update gives you control over how to hide your situation completely. Turn off the status indicator feature in a setting Application.
To do so, just visit your Instagram profile page, then click the "Settings" button on the right, and mark the gear icon. From there, choose "Activity status" under "Privacy and security" to switch the "Show activity status" option on or off, because the option is automatically turned on in the app, so adjusting it requires action. Disabling "Impression" means that you will not be able to see your friends' status and whether they are connected to the Internet. "All or nothing with this feature."
Note that this photo app, before launching the green dot, knew your followers about your last appearance, through Instagram Direct, showing when you were active in the last half hour, or if you're active now, and displays that information in gray text below the name Your user. Last month Instagram launched the "All Caught Up" feature, which allows users to see when they have reached the end of all new posts in their feeds.
This update is seen as a step to engage more users on Instagram and to enhance conversations in the app. Encouraging other users to know when you are connected to the Internet may encourage more people to check Instagram in a "manic" way, as researchers have found that more than 40 percent of smartphone users check their phones more than 60 times a day .
According to the Daily Mail, "more than one out of three people think they are addicted to checking their phones, as the average user spends about an hour a day on his phone." But on the other side, Instagram is working on a variety of features designed to help people limit their daily use of the application. "TechCrunch sees the feature described above" somewhat in contrast with other Instagram efforts to manage the time you spend in the application "
Privacy is one of the safest places on the Internet, a quiet place, others are not allowed to keep track of your time or time there, so some users are beginning to resent the deep damage to privacy on Facebook and Ingrid, who depend on the same path. Users) on a "I do not feel comfortable because all my friends are now able to follow my presence while I run away from Facebook where they can see me," he said. "Instagram spoiled our privacy."
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