to answer your question: my comment was spurred on my instagram recognizing who i was on a device that i had never used before, on a sim/phone plan that i had never used before, using firefox in private mode.
i’m best guess so far is that some sort of 3rd party tracker was part of a different service that i had used the device earlier in the day clued in instagram into who i was.
First of all, avoid giving your mobile number on instagram. It is a very unique identity to identify you. Firefox private browsing mode alone won’t help you but browser/profile isolation can be a better solution.
keep in mind that your privacy is not only in your control but other people who saved your number on their phone with real name, other services you used before or the isp iself can sell this data to data brokers. If you used whatsapp with this same number, then that’s too a reason behind this.
Furthermore, device fingerprinting, browser fingerprinting, network fingerprinting, etc. pose significant drawbacks in privacy on platforms like instagram.
i suspected that @spectre@hexbear.net was up to no good. loledit: whoops, wrong post. lol
to answer your question: my comment was spurred on my instagram recognizing who i was on a device that i had never used before, on a sim/phone plan that i had never used before, using firefox in private mode.
i’m best guess so far is that some sort of 3rd party tracker was part of a different service that i had used the device earlier in the day clued in instagram into who i was.
First of all, avoid giving your mobile number on instagram. It is a very unique identity to identify you. Firefox private browsing mode alone won’t help you but browser/profile isolation can be a better solution.
keep in mind that your privacy is not only in your control but other people who saved your number on their phone with real name, other services you used before or the isp iself can sell this data to data brokers. If you used whatsapp with this same number, then that’s too a reason behind this.
Furthermore, device fingerprinting, browser fingerprinting, network fingerprinting, etc. pose significant drawbacks in privacy on platforms like instagram.