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Questions tagged [instagram]

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Friend's Instagram account repeatedly hacked despite changing all information and enabling 2FA

My friends Instagram account has repeatedly been hacked. Someone is gaining access to her account, proceeding to change all the security information to lock her out. Then posts scam ads on her account. We have the full phone number and email address…
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Do we have to be concerned about FaceApp?

After that FaceApp got viral, so many articles have been writing about privacy issues of FaceApp. They argue that FaceApp sends user pictures to their servers and store. As the company is based in Russia most of the US news outlets mention that…
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How did Instagram know the content of my WhatsApp conversation and Google searches?

My friend forwarded me some information about a business via WhatsApp (on mobile). I did some Google searching on that business on a desktop. I've deactivated my Facebook account for almost a year already, so I do not have a Facebook…
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Can my IP address be tracked from an Instagram DM?

Could someone be able to find my IP address and where my ISP is located from an anonymous DM on Instagram? (I am planning to instantly deactivate the account after sending the message if that matters.) If I use a VPN, would they be able to figure…
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Why is a password encrypted with AES and then sent back to the server together with the key with RSA (Instagram)?

I am trying to understand an encryption process on a website (Instagram). As far as I know, a public key is sent from the server to the client. Then the password is encrypted with AES_GCM_256 and packed together with the AES key in an array and then…
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Recycled phone numbers

I just wanted to ask because I am in a situation now, where I have been locked out of my Instagram due to my mobile phone provider deactivating my Simcard. I have contacted Instagram support sending the images of my face to match my account but they…
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Are my Facebook messages or Instagram DMs visible (aside from FB and IG) while using a local wifi?

If I am in a place (not at home) such as an educational or work environment and use their WiFi and send or receive Facebook messages or Instagram DMs, are my messages visible to the IT admins of that environment? These messages are sent through my…
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Is it possible for someone to "peel back" an image layer?

I am on a Windows 10 machine using Chrome (latest updates). I took a screenshot of Instagram, because I was having problems logging in, and then using Paint 3D applied a black rectangle to hide my username on the screenshot: My worry is that…
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In what cases people know that I see their stories on instagram or mystalk?

I don't have an instagram account, but I always look to my friends' profiles on instagram or mystalk and see their stories. BTW my google account is always signed in when I check their stories on instagram or mystalk. So my question is: in what…
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Two factor verification apps IOS

I have an iPhone XR with the latest updates. I use Microsoft Authenticator for some 2 step verification for work related stuff. Today I enabled the Instagram two factor security option and choose the app authentication. This prompted me to download…
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(Re)Hacked Instagram accout even if Two Factor authentication was enabled

A friend of mine, let's call her Alice, had an Instagram account that was hacked. She uses an iPhone. The scenario looks like this: Alice gets a link from a Business Account via WhatsApp, and clicks it The page was simulating the Instagram login…
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Instagram security and two factor authentication

Instagram increases its security day by day. Whenever someone logs in to an account from another device, an unusual login attempt comes to screen and the person gets notification about it. How does Instagram get to know about it? Do they trace the…
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