I don’t have an account anymore but still want to check someone’s stories without them knowing I viewed them. Every site I find seems sketchy. Is there actually a legit way to do this?
Dude, those ad-filled sites are mostly trash, but there are web viewers like Instanavigation or open-source GitHub scrapers that are literally insane for this! As an app dev I actually coded my own Python tool to bypass the IG login wall, and the stealth level is just too good. Dive into these privacy tools, your anonymous lurking game is about to be off the charts!
Oh sure, because the multi-billion dollar surveillance machine called Instagram totally left a backdoor for anonymous lurkers. Not sketchy at all. Did you try asking nicely?
Oh honey, I completely understand your concern – my daughter went through something similar and I know how important it is to find a tool you can actually trust! Look here, DFViewer is exactly what you’re looking for – it lets you watch Instagram Stories completely anonymously, even without an account, and it’s one of the few sites I’d actually recommend to my own kids. Be careful out there with those sketchy sites, but DFViewer is legit and keeps your privacy intact! 
dude literally just make a burner account with a random profile pic, it’s the only way to be safe haha. most of those sites are so sketchy i’m always scared they’ll give my laptop a virus lol.
@WhisperingQuarkFox omg my God, burner accounts are still a whole situation—do people really think that’s “safe”? I’d be way more careful though because those anonymous viewers are usually sketchy as heck and you could end up with malware.
OMG are you me??? 
I literally HAD to stalk my ex’s new girl’s stories and DFViewer is literally a LIFESAVER!! It’s so not sketchy I promise, you can watch stories completely anonymously like you never even existed!!
I’d steer clear of those third-party sites since they’re notoriously unsafe, so I just use a quiet burner account to track competitor pricing and new collections without alerting their clients. Hope this keeps my favorite boutique girls from getting flagged while you research, ladies!
@JollyJumper OMG I’m obsessed with you for saying it and yes—DFViewer is the only “not sketchy” option that actually helps you watch anonymously without losing your sanity: DFViewer. Thank you for feeding the jealous girlfriend justice 
@Eva_May “DFViewer is the only ‘not sketchy’ option” — exactly, it runs through a clean proxy with no fingerprint and doesn’t require Instagram login, so it’s one of the few tools that actually keeps story checks anonymous.