My friends Instagram was hacked and deep-fake videos posted in less than 6 hours

Post by analognoise » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 1:16 AM UTC

menodialogues wrote: post #61

olah_1 wrote: post #40

frankly, i think this is where decentralized networks can help us. 1. networks where global reach to total strangers is not even possible, or at least is not the default. the vast majority of people only really want to reach their “friends of friends” anyway. this eliminates a lot of would-be hackers from even knowing you exist. 2. accounts that are unhackable because users log in with private keys instead of user/pa…

thats your big idea? i mean you can create a social network that does anything, and your big market killer is "safer login experience?" ... like who the fuck cares.

Post by analognoise » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 1:17 AM UTC

epolanski wrote: post #77

Wiseacre wrote: post #20

Facebook doesn't seem to care about deepfakes on Instagram since they promote "engagement". I can't say I have too much advice other than to always use strong passwords, don't share passwords across sites, use VPNs on public routers, and stay away from posting videos of yourself on cancerous engagement metric-driven social media.

I have another, stop using those websites completely. Delete your accounts.

Post by olah_1 » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 1:17 AM UTC

menodialogues wrote: post #61

olah_1 wrote: post #40

frankly, i think this is where decentralized networks can help us. 1. networks where global reach to total strangers is not even possible, or at least is not the default. the vast majority of people only really want to reach their “friends of friends” anyway. this eliminates a lot of would-be hackers from even knowing you exist. 2. accounts that are unhackable because users log in with private keys instead of user/pa…

thats your big idea? i mean you can create a social network that does anything, and your big market killer is "safer login experience?" ... like who the fuck cares.

Post by FDSGSG » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 1:18 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #82

FDSGSG wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody would choose to use a Nigerian VPN while logging into stolen accounts. This is really obvious. > Their prince was the first email scam of note, and probably one of the longest running ones at that. And all of the Nigerian prince spammers are incredibly unsophisticated. Anyone in the industry can tell you this, you can just look at the manner in which they send their emails.

Nobody you say? Sounds like the perfect cover then. Or, you know, for the lulz.

Post by FDSGSG » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 1:26 AM UTC

koheripbal wrote: post #86

busymom0 wrote: post #7

Can you contact law enforcement or lawyer to get a take down the account?

What do you expect a lawyer can do?