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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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