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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by granddemolisher on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:47PM (#31818840)
I got it. I never thought of people using Instagram or any other social media for soliciting advice on sensitive personal topics which ought to be ephemeral and private (encrypted instead of available to thousands of employees at Facebook and elsewhere).
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Re:Tell HN: Instagram demands I send a picture of myself to ... by jedberg on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:52PM (#31818872)
I have a hard time believing every friend of yours is a security engineer. And if they are, maybe you need to pop out of that friend bubble a bit and see how the other 99.9999% interact with social media.
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