The IT Nerd

Meta has launched its own AI image model integrated into the Instagram app. Now Meta and Instagram in the same sentence should send chills down your spine as the trust level of these two has to be zero. And you’d be right. As it stands by default, anyone can use your profile photo and posts as prompts for generative images.

Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot.

I strongly recommend users flip two settings to off to avoid what is guaranteed to be a privacy nightmare. Inside the Instagram app, tap your photo bottom-right then the hamburger menu icon top-right. Scroll down to Sharing and Reuse. There’s a section headed “Allow people to create with and reuse your content.” There are separate toggles for Posts and Reels, and you’ll want to flip both of them off.

The fact that these settings are buried deep within the Instagram app, and are opt out rather than being opt in is very problematic to say the least. But that is how Meta rolls. They want to grab as much data of yours in order to find a way to make a buck or two off of it. Assuming that they can’t leverage it themselves to advance their rather twisted needs and desires. My advice is to simply skip Meta products entirely like my wife and I have. But if you must use them for whatever reason, you have one more privacy item to keep in your tool belt.

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