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I get email reset passwords from IG at least once a month. I doubt they fixed anything. Lol
by chneu 9mo ago
I get email reset passwords from IG at least once a month.
I doubt they fixed anything. Lol
- flir 9mo agoI honestly thought it was a "hey, we're still here, you should log in" dark pattern. (My account's been unused for years).
- staindk 9mo agoSame, it's very weird. Only ever IG. Got one a day or two ago again actually.
- adventured 9mo agoSame here, I got one on January 9th.
- Ekaros 9mo agoI get those for account I never registered or confirmed email for. I just keep reporting them as phishing they are...
- varenc 9mo agoMy guess is they fixed whatever weakness in their rate limiting allowed an attacker to automate requesting millions of password reset emails. The fix could be as simple as adding a new CAPTCHA to the password reset flow.
- d1sxeyes 9mo agoI mean, if they knew who was requesting the password reset, then you wouldn’t need to reset the password, just accept whatever auth mechanism allows them to know who is resetting the password.
- fma 9mo agoYep I got 2 on Jan 9th. he e-mails come from security@mail.instagram.com I also get a bunch of these e-mails from them every few weeks: Sorry to hear you’re having trouble logging into Instagram. We got a message that you forgot your password. If this was you, you can get right back into your account or reset your password now. So, I guess you can actually message them, pretend to another user to rese password? I don't follow many people or have many followers. I can't imagine the attempts on other higher valued accounts...
- ares623 9mo agoI’m 100% convinced they send those out purposefully to encourage users to log back in.