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Instagram's Multiple Brings Privacy Bug to Android

Instagram's Multiple Brings Privacy Bug to Android 6q4z5l

By Robin Sinha | Updated: 16 February 2016 19:26 IST

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Instagram last week began the rollout of multiple , which it has been testing since November last year. The feature is now said to face a major bug, one that lets people access other 's Instagram notifications. The bug is restricted to the Android app only for now. 6m6h12

It is said that if two s are for instance accessing A and B, and B and C respectively ( B is the shared ), the bug lets both s view notifications from each other's personal s ( A and C) as well.

As spotted by Android Central, s receive notifications meant for the shared holder, but they often lead to nothing when tapped and they are directed to their own page instead. However, the notification alert itself reveals the name of the commenters and the post they are commenting on. Sometimes viewing a snippet of the comment is also possible from the notification alerts. What's worse is that the notifications from the other holder's direct messages are also pushed, including an excerpt from the message.

However, Instagram has confirmed the bug and is reportedly working on a fix, which might be rolled out in the next update. For now, the best solution might be to remove the shared from the application and just access the personal until Instagram resolves the issue.

Instagram last week introduced the multiple s feature for both Android and iOS. The feature comes as a part of the app v7.15. The iOS app s have not faced such bug as of yet.

The photo-sharing service in December announced that its 400 million mark in September and had also claimed that it had over 80 million pictures shared daily.

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