Instagram stole my ID

Well, this is old news by now. I wish I didn't have so many irons in the fire.

It goes like this ...
The guy's over at Instagram, made a decent product. It became a hit on the iPhone. It was the cool, "in thing" to have. Install it, take a picture of your cat, tint it; then post it to a social network.That was cool, for about half the smartphone world. The app is really pretty good! It is a great resource for creative inspiration. Though it does lack basic editing like crop and re-size.

People like me kept crying: When will Instagram get ported to Android? When? We want to be cool too! Heck, our droids run a Google+ circle or 2+ around the iPhone. Sometimes. Hows' about some Instagram/Android love? When?

Just when we were about to give up, THERE it is! ready to download from the Android Market Play Store. Great we all say. I waited a day, expecting a server crash, Malware, Trojans and the like. No? Everything's fine. I get it, set up an account and take a picture of our cat, tint it; then post it to ... a social network?

Which social network? Oh, not much choice for me. I pick Flickr, expecting THAT to go dark soon. Once again I give out a private password to enable an app I have yet to use, so it can move 1 file. OK, it works. Do dah, do dah. OK, those aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along. Move along. Maybe I'll use this app 3 or 4 times. It could happen.

Now the kicker. a couple of days later,the news hits: Facebook buys Instagram ! :-O You see; that's the bad thing about sharing private data, like a password. Once you turn it loose, it is no longer private. Odd how Instagram did NOT get bought by Facebook until AFTER their Android app launch. Hum; $trategic thinking? More pa$$word$ per buck? I thought that Facebook spent WAY too much for Instagram.  

OK, so what did I gain or loose? Gain? Not much. An app so I can play with the Ting Tang, white cord boys and girls. What did I loose? Nothing, really. Not yet. But now, Facebook has some of my PRIVATE passwords to other sites. They can access my Google account because of Instagram being on my Droid. The same with Flicker.

I should be more careful of the TRUST I put in a small startup. They could sell out, and the next owner, having LESS compassion for me, could sell again or could become really evil. Heck they could even track me as a data mine (stream) for advertizing. :-P

Why did I think they'd keep my passwords secret from (Facebook and the rest of) the evil empire?

Guy