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Instagram fixes bug that made users' private photos accessible to anyone

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Instagram has fixed the bug that made photographs on its private accounts accessible to anyone with the right link.

According to PC World, Quartz discovered the flaw and asked Instagram about it, prompting the Friday fix.

Because of the bug, 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 | 4:01 PM IST

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