My ex boyfriend has been stealing my instagram content ( photos, videos) of my travels to places he never even visited. Why?

[Anonymous]

[_Maya_]

I have no idea but there is one sinister possibility. I only mention because it happened to me. It wasn't a boyfriend but some random internet person. They took some of my insta content to use to catfish and scam people. Yeah fucking sick isn't it? Since then I locked my insta to friends and family only. Everything is private to people close to me. I also shrink any pfp I use elsewhere so it is useless to people that wanna steal it. I run a weekly Tineye reverse image search to make sure they aren't being used by someone else. I am not saying this is the reason but just sharing my experience. What a horrible one it was.

[Asker]

Oh Gosh ! Thats aweful. I mean he did not take my face but he steal my videos to cool place i have been. I don’t Know if this is for revenge or so..

[_Maya_]

Yeah it really sucked. Someone just copied my photos (a lot of them) and then pretended to be me. I learned a lesson and now if I use an image for a profile pic anywhere that is public I make it 150x150 so it is fairly useless if someone stole it. I am not saying that is what he is doing but who knows. He may imitate you to trick friends or family. People are weird.

[DryGermanGuy]

@_Maya_
Did you get all your stolen pictures deleted?

[_Maya_]

No. That's the thing. I know some are still out there because nothing is ever truly gone. What sorta idiot does that anyway? I had some with my little sister ffs.

[DryGermanGuy]

I don't get it either. I know people stealing (semi-) professional car, product, animal... photos simply because they like them or want to pretend to be great photographers. But private snapshots? Beats me.

[boobliker]

so he must still love you to be so interested in you! enjoy it and put smoe fake stuff on there to see if he ask you about them1

[Asker]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[jahaims]

Why do you keep contact with an ex? You are wasting energy on a past relationship.

[spartan55]

He's not stealing anything if you post it. It's public domain.

[In_Trance]

Smh. ..

[Radiate143]

He's envious of you for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Because he's a weirdo

[Bklynbadboy12]

Block him