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Bug made Instagram's private account pictures accessible to anyone with right link

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Last Updated : Jan 13 2015 | 3:30 PM IST

An investigation has found that certain photographs on Instagram's private accounts were accessible to anyone with the right link.

According to The Verge, the bug, which was closed as a result of Quartz's work, meant that photos posted to a public Instagram account would remain available even after the account was made private.

Instagram's tricky sharing settings is said to be behind the privacy glitch.

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First Published: Jan 13 2015 | 3:14 PM IST

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