Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles

Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by hideoto on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @02:58AM (#21384762)

BugMeNot to the rescue.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by thih9 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @03:49AM (#21384936)

In 2019, with IP geolocation combined with mobile or email verification, BugMeNot no longer seems that useful.

At the moment its instagram.com logins have 35% or lower success rate.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by slig on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:47AM (#21386043)

BugMeNot only works for low-profile websites. Anything huge like instagram has protections against sharing accounts. (i.e: they'll block your account until you verify your phone number, friends, etc).

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by SamBam on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:24PM (#21388942)

I haven't found a large site that that has worked on in years.

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