Instagram can track online activity of users: Ex-Google engineer
A former Google engineer has said Instagram might be tracking the online activity of its users. Felix Krause pointed out that the Instagram app injects its JavaScript code into every website shown, including when clicking on ads. “This causes various risks for the user, with the host app being able to track every single interaction with external websites, from all form inputs like passwords and addresses to every single tap,” Krause said in the blog. The former Google engineer pointed out that the Instagram app injects its JavaScript code into every website shown, including when clicking on ads. “Even though pcm.js doesn’t do this, injecting custom scripts into third-party websites allows them to monitor all user interactions, like every button & link tapped, text selections, screenshots, as well as any form inputs, like passwords, addresses and credit card numbers,” he said.
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