{"id":15202266,"date":"2026-07-09T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/psa-flip-these-two-instagram-toggles-now-to-stop-people-using-your-face\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:34:38","slug":"psa-flip-these-two-instagram-toggles-now-to-stop-people-using-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/psa-flip-these-two-instagram-toggles-now-to-stop-people-using-your-face\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Flip these two Instagram toggles now to stop people using your face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/Flip-these-two-Instagram-toggles-now-to-stop-people-using-your-face.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta this week launched <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/07\/meta-ai-app-adds-image-generation-also-powering-whatsapp-and-instagram-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its own AI image model<\/a> integrated into the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> app. While this might sound useful, it comes with rather a big privacy issue: by default, anyone can use your profile photo and posts as prompts for generative images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can fix this by flipping two toggles, but they\u2019re pretty well hidden \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/09\/psa-flip-these-two-instagram-toggles-now-to-stop-people-using-your-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Apple \u2013 9 to 5 Mac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta this week launched its own AI image model integrated into the Instagram app. While this might sound useful, it comes with rather a big privacy issue: by default, anyone can use your profile photo and posts as prompts 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