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Twitter isn't alone in this sort of invasive activity. I have family and friends that share photos on their private Instagram accounts and nowhere else. I didn
by paranoidrobot 7y ago
Twitter isn't alone in this sort of invasive activity.
I have family and friends that share photos on their private Instagram accounts and nowhere else. I didn't have an account, so I installed the app on my phone, signed up, verified email and mobile number, and followed the family accounts.
The next day I open the app only to be prompted to log in again, which it won't accept (password stored in a password manager). A few minutes later an email arrives from Instagram saying that my account has been locked due to suspicious activity and demanding that I provide a photo of myself holding government issued ID. Their helpdesk refuses to do anything until I do.
- doppp 7y agoYup, this just happened to me too.
- delfinom 7y agoInstagram is amusing. You can remove an email address from your account. And its still valid for logins many weeks after the fact.
- 0xdeadb00f 7y agoFacebook has done this to me multiple times as well. However i think my activity could very well be considered suspicious: I signed up with a fake name and gave no other information, then followed a load of people.
- fouc 7y agoI'm not sure I like the trend of these sites trying to collect identity information. They might justify it with spam/scam/fraud protection, but they don't really have an ethical reason to do so.
- soulofmischief 7y agoWhat the heck happened to our parents' advice of "never reveal your personal information online"? I was being force-fed this lie since birth? Why do they suddenly not care anymore? My mom constantly calls me paranoid now for not wanting to do things like upload all of my photos to Google cloud.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoBack then it was new and potentially dangerous, so they wanted to protect you as a kid. Today, it's just convenient, so why can't you just upload photos of all your kids to Google and share the album with them? I.e. their position back then was as ungrounded as their current position is.
- woutr_be 7y agoAfter the whole Blizzard and Hong Kong incident yesterday, I tried to delete my Blizzard account. Despite having never submitted a copy of my ID, they're now asking for one to verify that this is indeed me. I keep wondering, how will they be able to verify? I didn't use my real name, I used a throwaway email address. So why do they need my ID? I could submitted any ID I want, they still wouldn't know it's me. This to me just sounds like a ploy to gather government issued information, to delete my account from a stupid game... During log in, they already verified I own the email, by allowing me to sign in with password and email, and then input a code send to said email address.
- esnard 7y agoDid you ever buy anything on their platform? If so, is it possible they have access to your name via your past money transactions?
- woutr_be 7y agoDon't think I ever bought anything, think I only used it for Hearthstone.
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- TeMPOraL 7y agoThis is ridiculous. So government ID required to delete your account, but if you start spamming offensive messages in the chat, you'll likely get it banned very quickly. I wonder what they'd do if you sent them a clearly fake image of a passport or a driving license, with some swear words in name fields. I wouldn't be surprised if they banned the account. Or what if you put "Sir General Data Protection-Regulation" as your name?
- eps 7y agoMicrosoft does the same with their accounts. Used a couple of throw-aways to get kids log into some gaming MS service. In two days arrives a message saying your account was compromised and used for spamming, we need a phone # to make it great again. The kicker - throw-aways were on my own domain and my own mail server. Fucking morons, they don't even bother to lie convincingly.