If you have an Instagram account, you’ve probably seen the app flooded with anonymous questions, but what does the app that actually asks them offer?

An app for ‘NGL’ which means ‘I won’t lie’ in Spanish, or ‘I won’t lie’, with a ‘new version of anonymity’ as its description says.

“We believe that anonymity should be a fun but safe place where you can shamelessly express your feelings and thoughts.” In addition, the application adds to its explanation that it does not think that young people have a safe space where they can present their ideas without being judged.

However, to prevent ‘NGL’ from becoming a site for ‘bullying’ and harassment, the app uses “deep learning and rule-based character pattern matching algorithms to filter out harmful language and bullying”.

Also, there is always the option to report the question asked to you.

As a result, the app offers you a link to your Instagram user that allows you to ask questions “anonymously” in exchange for downloading it to your device.

Data collected by anonymous questions app

As a user, the obligations you must fulfill in order to access this platform include being at least 17 years old and, if this is not the case, obtaining the consent of a responsible adult.

Additionally, what you accept as a user includes granting ‘NGL’ a license to “use, reproduce, make available to the public, publish, translate, modify, create derivative works from, and distribute any of your content from the user in connection with the service.” Security policies also allow the app to collect your name, email, gender, card details, location, and other information, all for added “security”.

What are they doing with your personal information?

According to the platform’s privacy policy, the data is used to “make inferences about you”. That is: They will know what your tastes, attitudes and interests are thanks to the information you agree to give them after signing up.

They also follow posts on your Instagram account to “facilitate the creation of publicly available information and content.”

With the data, they try to structure their advertising strategy to show you ads that may be “relevant or useful”.

NGL providers can retrieve the data. “Administering and operating sites, making purchases, providing advertising or marketing services, providing search engine analysis and support, tracking advertising impressions, investigating and preventing data incidents, auditing our financial and commercial statements, providing legal advice and advertisements on other platforms.

Thus, from the moment you sign up for the questions app, you allow them to collect your data to analyze your behavior and direct marketing strategies for offers of goods and services that you did not specify.

How can you know the identity of the person who posted the questions on Instagram?

You should know that although the app promises “100%” anonymity when you go to write a question, ‘NGL’s app has a ‘pro’ option, which is not entirely true.

When someone receives one of the questions you sent because you’re anonymous, “Who sent this?” There’s a button that says, which takes you to the weekly payout option to get “tips” about the sender. . sent the question.

The app warned its followers that soon these “tracks” will become more prominent, “making it easier to find out who sent the message.”

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