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mr_mitm
32 days ago
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The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I'v...
It's a hard problem. How do you prove you own an account if you lost all proof of ownership? Especially so if an account was never tied to your real name, in which case you could at least rely on government ids.
throwaway85825
32 days ago
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Simple, you don't. This is all going to seem quaint in a few years when old accounts started getting deleted for inactivity.
MichaelZuo
32 days ago
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Well the obvious solution is to prevent accounts not using a real name or registered organization name from being recovered.
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