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

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

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Post by dawnerd »

almostdigital wrote: post #97

Instagram is a dumpster fire. I have a 3 letter instagram name and the amount of spam and attacks I get is insane... I get hundreds of password reset emails from instagram daily and constant DMs and follow requests from scammer and bot accounts. I've tried contacting instagram about it several times but they never respond. Had to blackhole emails from security@mail.instagram.com to prevent my mail server filling up.

I just have a junk instagram account to get around the login walls and get flooded with reset requests too. You'd think they'd be able to solve for this.

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

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Post by LordDragonfang »

sova wrote: post #171
coolspot wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know someone who works in a major social network company. They got an email on their personal gmail, asking to help acquire vanity usernames for a reward.

Well yeah, but is your friend who works at going to risk their position & salary there for some sketchy hook up that's less lucrative?

Not everyone who works for a social media company is a six-figure dev. There's a lot of underpaid helpdesk staff and even-more-underpaid "independent" contractors for whom it might be worth the risk, and they're the ones who actually have access to the account recovery tools.

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

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Post by sneak »

almostdigital wrote: post #97

Instagram is a dumpster fire. I have a 3 letter instagram name and the amount of spam and attacks I get is insane... I get hundreds of password reset emails from instagram daily and constant DMs and follow requests from scammer and bot accounts. I've tried contacting instagram about it several times but they never respond. Had to blackhole emails from security@mail.instagram.com to prevent my mail server filling up.

Yet you still use Facebook's censored spyware, even with this terrible UX?

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

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Post by LordDragonfang »

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.

Consumer boycotts of products have never worked. The only thing they effect is reputation[1], and social media companies clear don't care very much about theirs as long as they keep making money.

Collective action needs to be legislative or legal in order to actually change things.

[1] https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/news/2017/king-corporate-bo...

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

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Post by LordDragonfang »

systemvoltage wrote: post #39
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.

Can we also lump Twitter and Tiktok with it? Is it me or there is a double-standard on HN where FB gets all the heat, but others don't.

>Is it me

I think it's you, because I see criticism levied against TikTok here all the time.

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

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Post by skunkworker »

wpietri wrote: post #127
bredren wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How early? My main is in the first 12,000.

I just checked and this appears to be for accounts of any vintage. If you go here: https://twitter.com/settings/security Turn on "password reset protect" and it will require "either the phone number or email address associated with your account in order to reset your password". I'm not sure it adds a ton of security, but it definitely cuts down on the password reset emails.

I personally know someone with a two letter twitter handle that is a word in the english language, for awhile there they were inundated with password request attempts, but it took knowing someone 1-1 inside of twitter security in order to put additional locks on their account, beyond what any config will show unfortunately.

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

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Post by nikanj »

neatze wrote: post #111
latchkey wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still not secure.

Why ?

Because you can keep dialing customer service with various stories. ”A shark ate my phone”. ”It’s my husbands account. A shark ate him and I want to post a funeral invitation on his page”.

Just keep dialing, and you’ll find a compassionate and helpful person at some point

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

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Post by d1sxeyes »

muthdra wrote: post #91
k4runa wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will ask for her permission to share it with you.

That's very kind but it seems like consent is a ship that has already sailed in this case.

For this reason, only the first person is ever found guilty in gang rape cases.
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