Instagram Will Let Friends ID You After Losing Access To Your Account
Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to get back access to their accounts with some help from fellow Instagram friends. Hacked accounts are a fairly common problem, with bad actors even doing it for a fee. In addition, there is no dearth of scams asking users to click on a malicious link in order to verify their account security, only to lure unsuspecting users into sharing their credentials instead.
The suspicious text messages usually start with lines like“Tap to get back into your Instagram account” followed by a link. Similar scams are targeting Twitter users as well. Online swindlers often take over an account and try to peddle bogus schemes like crypto investments with unprecedented returns, especially if the account happens to have a sizeable following. While celebrities and influencers get priority assistance from Instagram’s support team, regular users are often stuck in a tiring cycle with little help.
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To make the process of account recovery a tad less frustrating, Instagram is testing a new system that allow users to ask friends to verify the legitimate account owner’s identity and speed up the process. Instagram says it will share more details about the upcoming feature soon, but images shared do shed some light on how it will work. Users will still be required to submit the last password they remember. However, they will then also be able to nominate two accounts to help with verification. It is unclear if both accounts need to follow each other to qualify as a ‘friend’ or if a one-sided follower/following equation is enough to ask for identity verification help.
Once the user has selected two accounts for identification, a
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