Apple throws Instagram ‘stalker’ app off store

By 2019-11-11Science & Tech

Apple has banned an app that let people monitor others’ activity on Instagram.

Like Patrol charged a fee to notify users which posts their friends had “liked” and who they had recently followed.

The action comes a month after Instagram had tried to force the app to shut down after accusing it of scraping people’s data without their consent.

Like Patrol’s Mexico-based developer insists the app merely utilised public data.

And Sergio Luis Quintero told the BBC that he now plans to challenge Apple’s ban.

“We plan to appeal this decision in the coming days ... Read even more

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