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Instagram is toying with a read-only mode for Plus subscribers

Instagram is internally developing a possible new feature that seems tailor-made to allow for nefarious behavior.

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Instagram is internally developing a possible new feature that seems tailor-made to allow for nefarious behavior. Leaker and reverse engineer Alessando Paluzzi posted on X with the discovery of an Instagram feature billed as "read-only mode." According to the uncovered screenshots, this option allows for a session where "you can't like, comment, message, follow or view stories" on the social network, which would allow a user to browse the platform without leaving any type of paper trail about what they were viewing.

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