Made a free tool that shows who unfollowed you on Instagram without needing your password
So,,,I kept running into the same thing: every who unfollowed me app out there wants me to log into Instagram with it. That’s a psychological threat for me (my previous account was stolen because of those types of apps) + it’s against their TOS and it’s a…
So,,,I kept running into the same thing: every who unfollowed me app out there wants me to log into Instagram with it. That’s a psychological threat for me (my previous account was stolen because of those types of apps) + it’s against their TOS and it’s a real way to get your account flagged. Instagram already lets us export our own follower/following data if we ask for it, very easy process as it's in account settings, a GDPR thing. So I built something that just reads that file instead, compares data, and finds out when people unfollow + analyzes your growth. You upload the ZIP, it parses in your browser (locally), and nothing gets sent anywhere. It's open source too (AGPL for the app, MPL for the parser) so nobody has to just take my word for the privacy part. Curious if anyone here has actually gotten flagged from one of the login-based trackers. I've read it happens to people but would love hearing your thoughts about this, and lastly, feel free to ask me any questions you have!! https://whounfollowed.co & https://github.com/al-kilic/WhoUnfollowed
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I got my old account stolen exactly like that few years back. Since then I never touch any app that ask for password. Your tool is good idea because that export file already have everything, no need to give login access to some random app.
Yikes, that’s the nightmare scenario. Makes total sense you’d avoid anything asking for login details now; hope my tool helps!