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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by barbazoo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:43PM (#29716536)
Someone at Facebook stealing your domain is quite an accusation. Assuming your domain was similar to your username/IG handle, wouldn't it be more likely to be people wanting your "china" domain for spam/malware/propaganda/etc?
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by china on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:50PM (#29716623)
I think the stealing of my domain was a bit of social engineering by a hacker (not somebody at FB).

Now, my account gets taken without any noticeable trace on my end. No security emails, no suspicious login attempts, nada...

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by andkon on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:00PM (#29716753)
Contra the above dude, I don't think it's all that strange for Facebook employees to profit directly off of their access to these systems. See this article about how employees charge for verifications: https://mashable.com/article/instagram-verification-paid-bla...
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by praisewhitey on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @08:20PM (#29720558)
there is a lot of precedent for Meta employees taking usernames. here's another example:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7598226

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by klohto on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:46PM (#29716575)
Not really. It already happened several times since short usernames go for crazy amounts.
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by jmnicolas on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:14PM (#29716876)
> Someone at Facebook stealing your domain is quite an accusation.

NSA employees do it, why would META employees would be better than the average?

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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by barbazoo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:22PM (#29716961)
I wouldn't count a NSA employee as "average", I'd assume they have access to tools the "average" doesn't have. Comparing that to someone at Facebook just doesn't make sense.
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by stunt on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:37PM (#29717806)
I guess he didn't meant the guy from marketing. But mods and customer support people do have admin access over accounts.
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by cronix on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:04PM (#29716781)
Publicly pondering a theory is an accusation now?
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Re:Ask HN: How does my Instagram keep getting compromised? by barbazoo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:20PM (#29716941)
It read to me like that, yes.
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