Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 29 days agoInstagram says there's been 'no breach' despite password reset requeststechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkInstagram says there's been 'no breach' despite password reset requeststechcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarejeeva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·29 days agoTo be clear, you have described setting your password. The scenario that happened this week was the “not logged in, forgotten my password” - which for obvious reasons doesn’t require either of those things - just an email (or sometimes, username).
minus-squareavg@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoWould the email still use the reset term? That’s what it says. I don’t use the account but I don’t want anyone else using it either.
minus-squarejeeva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoCheck out https://www.instagram.com/accounts/password/reset/ You can see that it uses the word “reset” in both the URL and the page, and only requires an email address to trigger.
To be clear, you have described setting your password.
The scenario that happened this week was the “not logged in, forgotten my password” - which for obvious reasons doesn’t require either of those things - just an email (or sometimes, username).
Would the email still use the reset term? That’s what it says. I don’t use the account but I don’t want anyone else using it either.
Check out https://www.instagram.com/accounts/password/reset/
You can see that it uses the word “reset” in both the URL and the page, and only requires an email address to trigger.