Nearbgy Instagram Accounts

in #security3 years ago

So it's definitely possible to find "Nearby" instagram accounts, and if someone knows where you live, it is very possible that people can use this feature to find the account. I would recommend the following in order to protect your instagram account:

  1. Reset the passwords on any E-mail accounts you may have, ensuring that the new password is strong and randomly generated. If it gives you the option, force re-authentication for all access (it might call this force logoff all sessions, or clear sessions)
  2. Reset your password on Discord and any other social apps you use, again with randomly generated passwords. Same goes here for forcing all sessions to logoff.
  3. Once this is done, you can try to work out how he is finding newly created instagram accounts by, for example, creating a new account on your phone with a randomly created name and information, then creating one using another device (a public computer, a friend's computer, etc) and see if he finds that
    This definitely sounds like generic internet stalker/creep behavior rather than any actual hacking
    but always better to be safe than sorry!