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Researcher reveals that Instagram stored deleted pictures, messages for over a year

Firstpost | 14/08/2020 11:38 PM | Click to read full article

An independent security researcher has recently revealed that Instagram was not deleting the photos and messages that he had deleted from his end more than a year ago. When Saugat Pokharel, downloaded his data from Instagram's tool, he found it included messages that he deleted a long time back.

Instagram users can access the ‘Data Download’ option by visiting a download request link or by going through the privacy settings in the app itself.

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