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?
Regarding ‘NGL’ or ‘I won’t lie’, It’s an app that means ‘I won’t lie’ in Spanish, which, as its description says, is a ‘new version of anonymity’.
“We believe that anonymity should be a fun but safe place where you can shamelessly express your feelings and thoughts.” He also adds that the app explains that young people don’t have a safe space to present their ideas without being judged, so he thinks this might be the way to go.
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, In exchange for downloading it to your device, the app offers you a link to your Instagram user that allows you to ask questions “anonymously”.
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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 information, location and other information. All for the sake of providing more “security”.
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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. “They are responsible for administering and operating sites, making purchases, providing advertising or marketing services, providing search engine analysis and support, monitoring ad impressions, investigating and preventing data incidents, auditing our financial and trade statements, providing legal advice, and placing our ads on other platforms.
Things, since you signed up for the questions app You allow them to collect your data to analyze your behavior and direct marketing strategies for the offer of goods and services that you did not specify.
Although the app promises “100%” anonymity when you go to type a question, Note that ‘NGL’ means the 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 option to pay $44,900 per week to “lead” the user. sent you 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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