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Questions tagged [social-media]

Websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts.

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Logged out of Facebook on all devices on a sudden. Should I be worried about being hacked?

A while ago, I was opening Facebook app on Android and then I got the message "Session expired. Please log in again.". I then tried logging in with my current password and was success to log in my account. Before, long time ago, when I created this…
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Does this mean Target's twitter was successfully attacked?

I was just surprised to see this suspicious promoted tweet, asking me to send Bitcoins I added the hand-drawn red lines so I am not responsible for propagating the apparent scam. Clicking on the user name seems to take me to the genuine Target…
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What are the real physical risks of casual social media publishing?

aka "how to scare my family into stopping publishing their life online?" I do not publish personal photos / opinions publicly online as a rule. I never gave hard thoughts about that but I believe that one should either explicitly put information to…
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How do social media apps notify you when someone else takes a screenshot of your profile?

Social media apps like snapchat, instagram, viber, etc notify you if someone takes a screenshot of your profile, chat, conversation, story, etc. How does the app find out that you are taking a screenshot of their conversation, profile,…
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Help! My information has been stolen! What do I do now?

This is an attempt to ask a canonical question to expand upon another post with a similar name. The goal is to create something helpful that can be used as a duplicate when non experts ask about personal credentials being stolen. Let's say that I…
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I have lost control of my online identity due to mistakes made decades ago. What can I do?

About 2 decades ago (late 90s/early 00s), when I was still in high school, I opened up social media accounts online. Over the course of a few years and using these social media platforms, I posted personally-identifying information about myself…
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Site exposes user's GPS location through EXIF data

Recently while lurking around one of the social networking sites popular with local folks, I have found out that the site does not scrub out the GPS data from uploaded pictures. I've contacted them and told them about my concerns, but their reply…
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It's possible to make an account in mainstream social media without giving them my phone number or have a phone number that can identify you?

I'm learning about privacy and security and one of the tips everyone always talk about is compartmentalization, I'm trying to do this and get rid of my old profiles in social media (one of them have 10 years since I made it), I'm planing to make new…
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How can I avoid getting exposed while travelling to Russia?

UPDATE: There is a similar question, but my question is different because it is very narrow and about a very specific security concern. In short, I used a laptop to make posts on a Russian social network (vk.com) from Japan and am now travelling to…
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Is taking social networking details legitimate for a credit card?

Recently, I applied for a credit card(from a bank based in India), After I completed my online application, I received an SMS(from a number which usually sends me my transaction details), which had a link to verifi.me. I clicked on the link and then…
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Is SS7 attack traceable/detectable?

There is a lot of talk about SS7 attacks. Even if old article, but still interesting. But lets say, someone accessed my account which uses two-step authentication (SMS verification method) and I started to suspect the SS7 attack like this. I want…
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Has a VPN actually logged where I've been?

I have been using Touch VPN for a few months to view social media accounts because I worried I was viewing them too much and would be flagged or something. I just learned, however, that VPNs keep logs and store info, especially when accessing social…
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Clicking from one site to a logged in site. Does it reveal your original site identity?

Let's say you have an account on a social media site (e.g. Twitter). You set up a fake identity on that site (used a separate email address to sign up, not using your real name etc). Now let's say you are logged into another site (e.g.…
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Why are data breaches like the one at Quora considered so bad?

Today, I read this article that said that some hacker stole personal information of 100 million users of Quora — which allegedly is half of the total user base of Quora. This is kind of like when Facebook users' data got stolen a couple of years…
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Can location/owner of mobile phone be identified

Let's say someone uses GSM network mobile phone to pursue his/her online activities on social networking platforms. The mobile phone is Android and all online activities are done through a VPN tunnel (Droid VPN). Posit He/She runs a Facebook account…
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