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		blondin on Nov 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My friends Instagram was hacked and deep-fake vide... do these people just guess the passwords? how do instagram, fb, twitter, etc. accounts get hacked?

epolanski on Nov 28, 2021 [–]

My wild guess: most people have the same passwords everywhere. You get hacked on service a, you get hacked on b.

Plus the usual phishing.

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