I thirst for Like it was enough for 100.000 users of the popular photography social network Instagram, who voluntarily handed over their account keys to service to become famous. The InstLike app promised to exponentially increase likes on uploaded photos, a promise that users saw as an opportunity to stand out on the vast network.
At the prompt for inputtreatment of the login details in the InstLike app, users were informed that "We are not stealing your account. The Instagram does not allow the use of its self-serving API, so our Auto Liker uses it login and Password direct".
The app was available στο App Store (έως τις 25 Οκτωβρίου 2013) και στο Google Play (until November 7, 2013). However, the app remains available online through other channels.
When Symantec security experts identified and used InstLike found that their account automatically started doing Like in third-party photos without the user's consent (as expected). As explained in relative post, like and followers are sold at 100adds or thousands instead of 1 dollar (100 Like, 1 dollar, 5000 Like with 50 dollars, a follower 10 virtual coin coin, 100 coin at 1 dollar).
However, practice seems to yield and thus makes useless like - Symantec estimates that Instagram 9 millions Like were automatically created by the InstLike robot, ie Like can give a false impression, while defamating as many pictures as they won with their sword .