Like many other social media services, your Instagram posts can be public or private, depending on the level of sharing you wish to do. The site’s default setting is public, however — which means that anybody browsing the Instagram site can see your posts and user profile.
Two thoughts:
- Anything on the Internet is public;
- The company that allows files to be uploaded for free to their external server will seek to pay their light bill and cut divided cheques.
Here’s a tech tip: don’t bother uploading to Instagram unless you’re okay with that.