LikePatrol was developed to track all of your followers, likes, and comments to send them a notification, it is a spy application. Even if you a follower that you never interacted, this app had the privilege to talk to that subscriber without even notifying you or seeking your permission.

Apple and Google Removes LikePatrol that spied People you Follow on Instagram

Soon Instagram cleared that they’re in no way linked with this app, and also served the app legal notice. Apple and Google have removed this app from their respective app stores.

The developer of LikePatrol developer said;

“We strongly believe that our app does not violate Apple policies, we plan to appeal this decision in the coming days. “If our app’s functionality did violate any policies, then Instagram would have violated the exact same policies from 2011 to 2019 with the Following tab. Why weren’t they taken down?”

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