Private accounts may be private again, as Instagram investigates this app

Android Police, the news portal has discovered yet another problematic API misusing application, for Instagram users trying to pry into private accounts’ contents. Following their revelation, a Facebook spokesperson said that the developer would be investigated and sent a cease and desist letter.

Called ‘Ghosty’, with a mere admission of the username and password of an Instagram account you’re accessing the platform from, it shall provide you unapproved access to a private Instagram account. While this is alarming in itself, multiple users, over 5,00,000 to be specific, who downloaded the app probably didn’t feel so.