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This is basically how FBI Director Comey's secret Instagram account (and thus Twitter account) was unmasked. But it was even worse - you are suggested to 3rd pa
by ageitgey 8y ago
This is basically how FBI Director Comey's secret Instagram account (and thus Twitter account) was unmasked. But it was even worse - you are suggested to 3rd party people who just follow the people who know you: https://gizmodo.com/this-is-almost-certainly-james-comey-s-twitter-account-1793843641 https://gizmodo.com/this-is-almost-certainly-james-comey-s-t...
- ninit3 8y agoYep, something similar I discovered recently that if you sign up to Instagram with somebody's email that they use on Facebook then within a day or two you'll start to see all of their friends from Facebook whom are also on Instagram in your recommended follows. All of this happens without email verification..
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago> All of this happens without email verification This has very interesting consequences...
- baybal2 8y agoWhoa... so it was around in the open since around 2013, and still not fixed? 0_0
- pishpash 8y agoAlmost every shop does this, no verification before use. ffs, at least provide a "report not mine" function.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoI've only ever seen a "report not mine" function from Google. Where else have you seen it? I am not on FB/LinkedIn/most similar ones, so I may be missing examples.
- paulcole 8y agoYep, I have a relatively common name and @gmail.com address. Last week, some guy with my name signed up for Instagram with my email adddress and started posting without ever verifying his email. I reset his password and tried to close the account after he kept trying to access it by resetting his password again. Instagram support asked me to send a clear photo of myself holding up some random number to prove it was me. Nope lol.