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Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by heyoni »

jknz wrote: post #77
ipsum2 wrote: post #7

There's no evidence to back the user's claims. This sounds like "Hey my dad works at Xbox and will ban you". There are other ways to compromise an Instagram account, like sim swapping ( https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/t-mobile-employee-made-u... )

There is some evidence of some kind of takeover though. Searching for site: http://instagram.com/danny in google, the first result is the following: Danny (@danny) • Instagram photos and videos www.instagram.com › danny 8690 Followers, 134 Following, 100 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Danny (@danny) This is still in Google's cache. The current instagram profile is very different.

That’s...not evidence of a facebook employee being implicated. It’s actually not even evidence that the account even swapped hands!

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by vsareto »

Nextgrid wrote: post #55
Kapura wrote: post #16

I think this is indicative of the biggest problem we have had with social media: there is no legalism here, just "codes of conduct" that companies and users both willfully ignore. If your handle gets sold by some facebook employee to a rich kid in LA, what recourse do you have? I don't know what laws this would break (maybe some broad definition of fraud? I Am Not A Lawyer) so it's not like this person has a slam dun…

I don't think the "theft" of the username would break any kind of law, as this was a company decision (since it done by an employee) and the username was never your property anyway. I'm assuming that employee definitely violated some internal policies, but nothing from a legal point of view. The only recourse I can see from a legal point of view is that they seem to have handed over the entire account (as the followe…

>and the username was never your property anyway

Usernames can be associated to content and brands that have been made on other platforms. I wouldn't be so sure about this.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by drivebycomment »

Kapura wrote: post #16

I think this is indicative of the biggest problem we have had with social media: there is no legalism here, just "codes of conduct" that companies and users both willfully ignore. If your handle gets sold by some facebook employee to a rich kid in LA, what recourse do you have? I don't know what laws this would break (maybe some broad definition of fraud? I Am Not A Lawyer) so it's not like this person has a slam dun…

No matter who did the take-over, whether it's a Facebook employee or not, it would likely fall under a wire fraud.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by ABCLAW »

Kapura wrote: post #16

I think this is indicative of the biggest problem we have had with social media: there is no legalism here, just "codes of conduct" that companies and users both willfully ignore. If your handle gets sold by some facebook employee to a rich kid in LA, what recourse do you have? I don't know what laws this would break (maybe some broad definition of fraud? I Am Not A Lawyer) so it's not like this person has a slam dun…

The term 'legalism' probably isn't what you're looking for here. I think 'Law' would be better suited.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by heyoni »

maps7 wrote: post #21
ipsum2 wrote: post #7

There's no evidence to back the user's claims. This sounds like "Hey my dad works at Xbox and will ban you". There are other ways to compromise an Instagram account, like sim swapping ( https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/t-mobile-employee-made-u... )

If that was the case why would FB be marking the issue as resolved?

That could be completely made up. He could just be saying this to stir outrage at facebook and that’s why the tickets are being closed.

There’s really no evidence of anything at all.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by Jon_Lowtek »

asciident wrote: post #30
orangefarm wrote: post #10

The arbitrariness with which these companies rule over our digital lives infuriates me more from month to month. We do our best to fight dictators in the physical world but somehow accept them in the digital realm.

While they do have power over users on their platform, they're voluntary applications that people choose to give control to for convenience and publicity. Unlike credit bureaus who actually ruin peoples' lives with their carelessness and you can't even opt out, social media apps are purely opt-in, and you don't get your wages garnished or bank accounts emptied or lose your ability to drive because of them. And while…

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Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by mrits »

deft wrote: post #3

This is a very common thing. In fact influencers and FB employees publicly and loudly talk about this method and no one stops them. "Hey I'm visiting fb headquarters anyone want a new @ or a checkmark?" Why do random fb employees even have this capability?

I live with a FB employee. Most of my close friends are FB employees. I've literally never heard this.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by HenryBemis »

serjester wrote: post #49
ipsum2 wrote: post #7

There's no evidence to back the user's claims. This sounds like "Hey my dad works at Xbox and will ban you". There are other ways to compromise an Instagram account, like sim swapping ( https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/t-mobile-employee-made-u... )

Agreed. Is anyone really going to risk their cushy FAANG job to give their buddy a cool handle? Possible, but seems far fetched.

You cannot imagine how many times I have caught red handed, people with that mentality "screw the policy, my friend needs a loan/credit card/etc". A a bank can and will drag you to court and rip you a new one. That said, not all banks are scummy to create cards/loans to clients without their knowing. Some actually play by the book.

Anyway, yes some people think that because they are good enough at what they do, they will be given a pass when caught. Unbeknownst to them, if any auditors catch them, then the "jokers" can start updating their CV.

Re: Someone has stolen my Instagram account

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Post by Nextgrid »

SideburnsOfDoom wrote: post #84
serjester wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Is anyone really going to risk their cushy FAANG job to give their buddy a cool handle? Possible, but seems far fetched.

> Is anyone really going to risk their cushy FAANG job to give their buddy a cool handle? Possible, but seems far fetched. Given the kind of ethically vacuous tech-bro who might join FB in 2020? Not _that_ far-fetched.

Ethically vacuous doesn't mean stupid though, and I doubt they will jeopardize a lucrative career for a quick buck or bragging rights in front of their friends.
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