Meta is not particularly known for being the most protective of personal data. But it gets better.
Business model of dead, and in general all its applications, consists of selling advertising space. Advertising spaces that are more profitable if they are well targeted. Hence the company’s need to collect a huge amount of data about its users in order to be more important to advertisers. However, the upcoming change will ask Instagram to slow down (a little).
A new option to move around more safely
Declared dead At the beginning of the week she wanted to implement a new option smart phones Which allows us to tell the Instagram app not to follow us when we use it to browse websites. For example, by clicking on a link.
In fact, Instagram is able to track your every move if you use the app’s built-in browser. Valuable information, allowing you to better target your advertising profile and thus deliver ads that are more relevant to you.
However, in the United States only (for now), there is a new option called “Off-Meta Activities” that allows you to review all sites that have shared information about your browsing with the company, and reject them from continuing to do so. .
A feature that is already available on Facebook, and therefore generally available on the other more popular Meta service.
Transfer your photos to other services
Another major new feature announced by Meta: it’s now possible (still in the USA) to transfer all your Instagram photos and videos to another photo hosting service. How this new feature works is still a bit unclear.
Specialized site the edge He said that he has not yet received details from Meta on this matter. But, on paper, this is still a good way to create regular archives of what you’ve posted on Instagram.
Moreover, the Meta Accounts Center, which was launched at the beginning of the year, now allows you to retrieve the archive of all your Facebook and Instagram data at the same time. It is enough to save yourself from tedious operations sometimes.
