Charges against "Instagram" spying over the bedroom ad

A man was very surprised after he saw an advertisement on the "Instagram" application showing a picture of a bedroom that eerily resembled his own, which made him wonder if the application was spying on its users.

The British newspaper "Daily Mail" reported that Vincenzo Tiani, a university professor who lives in Brussels, and his wife were shocked for a few minutes because of this announcement.

The paid advertisement showed a bedroom with a white dresser with a yellow vase on it, a bed covered with yellow and white striped sheets and a soft brown rug, exactly the same contents in Vincenzo's bedroom in the same way they were arranged.

The Belgian commented, “I have never encountered advertising content so similar to my home as this one.

Is (Instagram) spying on its users and their homes? ».

Vincenzo indicated that the ad came about a week after he had spoken with his wife about their need to buy a closet.

He also explained that a Facebook spokesman told him that the "strange similarity between the two pictures" could be just a coincidence.

However, Vincenzo confirmed that what happened would prompt him not to bring his phone with him to the bedroom for a while.

Last September, a lawsuit was filed accusing Facebook of spying on users of its Instagram application through the unauthorized use of their cell phone cameras.

According to Bloomberg News, the lawsuit stemmed from media reports published in July that the photo-sharing app accesses iPhone cameras even if users do not open these cameras.

Facebook acknowledged the problem, saying it was just a loophole and that it was working to fix it.

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