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I work at Instagram and there's literally zero chance of this happening. I work on the backend, so I know the kind of tools or logging we do. If in the chance t

I work at Instagram and there's literally zero chance of this happening. I work on the backend, so I know the kind of tools or logging we do. If in the chance this happens remotely, like 1 in a million chance, the employee will be fired like instantly. I can't believe a random tweet with a screenshot is on front page of HN with 500+ upvotes.

TavsiE9s 6y ago
Well then I'm sure you'll put in a ticket on Monday and have this investigated.
dredmorbius 6y ago
The account transfer happening may well have occurred, whilst the mechanism is misrepresented (likely by the attacker). Either way, a claimed user is plausibly representing a problem with no viable recourse from IG/FB. The upshot of unauthorised account transfer would still lie on Instagram/Facebook, and should you in fact be a back-end engineer, filing a ticket and escalation would be strongly encouraged.
milofeynman 6y ago
That is the software engineer mantra: "There is no way that bug could happen... Oh"
mFixman 6y ago
If you can't believe a crazy conspiracy theory about Facebook would get 500+ on HN then you haven't been in post-2016 HN much.
charia 6y ago
I mean this has happened with Instagram accounts historically. https://medium.com/@behoff/they-say-nothing-will-change-5c546662abc0 https://medium.com/@behoff/they-say-nothing-will-change-5c54...
- cnst 6y ago
  That's from 2014. However, it seems like there's not been an official statement, so, unclear how or why it got resolved. These days in 2020, a short Instagram handle is probably worth more than it was in 2014, though.
adventured 6y ago
> I can't believe a random tweet with a screenshot is on front page of HN with 500+ upvotes. How does that outcome compare to the believability of your average HN throwaway account? Green username person says it's like a one in a million chance. Fired instantly? Oh the nos, will The Zuck rain down torment and lightning from the sky like Zeus?
rainyMammoth 6y ago
It wouldn't be if Facebook didn't prove in the past it is the most immoral online company. I get that they pay you, but maybe it's time to take another look at your employer with a more objective lens?
rainyMammoth 6y ago
Here we go. Instagram guy tells us it cannot happen. Investigation closed.

TavsiE9s 6y ago

Well then I'm sure you'll put in a ticket on Monday and have this investigated.

dredmorbius 6y ago

The account transfer happening may well have occurred, whilst the mechanism is misrepresented (likely by the attacker). Either way, a claimed user is plausibly representing a problem with no viable recourse from IG/FB. The upshot of unauthorised account transfer would still lie on Instagram/Facebook, and should you in fact be a back-end engineer, filing a ticket and escalation would be strongly encouraged.

milofeynman 6y ago

That is the software engineer mantra: "There is no way that bug could happen... Oh"

mFixman 6y ago

If you can't believe a crazy conspiracy theory about Facebook would get 500+ on HN then you haven't been in post-2016 HN much.

charia 6y ago

I mean this has happened with Instagram accounts historically. https://medium.com/@behoff/they-say-nothing-will-change-5c546662abc0 https://medium.com/@behoff/they-say-nothing-will-change-5c54...

cnst 6y ago
That's from 2014. However, it seems like there's not been an official statement, so, unclear how or why it got resolved. These days in 2020, a short Instagram handle is probably worth more than it was in 2014, though.

adventured 6y ago

> I can't believe a random tweet with a screenshot is on front page of HN with 500+ upvotes. How does that outcome compare to the believability of your average HN throwaway account? Green username person says it's like a one in a million chance. Fired instantly? Oh the nos, will The Zuck rain down torment and lightning from the sky like Zeus?

rainyMammoth 6y ago

It wouldn't be if Facebook didn't prove in the past it is the most immoral online company. I get that they pay you, but maybe it's time to take another look at your employer with a more objective lens?

rainyMammoth 6y ago

Here we go. Instagram guy tells us it cannot happen. Investigation closed.