<![CDATA[Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram.]]>Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. From my dormant, locked account that uses an anonymized email address. Nothing to be suspicious about right?

Link Preview Image
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/307d9234-e75a-4d22-9ddc-8fb8395568a3/eight-password-reset-emails-in-a-row-that-i-didn-t-trigger-from-instagram.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 04:43:34 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 01:03:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 04:12:13 GMT]]>@xgranade @micahflee Not sure what is going on there, but once, probably in the 1980s at a point where the general public couldn't yet use the Internet, I saw an email at work that literally arrived a year late - it had been sitting in some queue all that time. I'd imagine that whatever caused that behavior has been fixed by now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116576638328414111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116576638328414111Fri, 15 May 2026 04:12:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 02:38:21 GMT]]>@micahflee @hotsoup I get these from Facebook all the time

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/rberger/statuses/116576269231278511https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/rberger/statuses/116576269231278511Fri, 15 May 2026 02:38:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:39:11 GMT]]>@micahflee
These "locks" you mention. Tell me about these Meta locks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116576036568578381https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seattle.wa.us/users/ohmu/statuses/116576036568578381Fri, 15 May 2026 01:39:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:25:52 GMT]]>@Lee_Holmes always nice they do things like that several times, making sure that it wasn't you who did it by mistake.. 😅
@micahflee @jerry

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116575984220953562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116575984220953562Fri, 15 May 2026 01:25:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:14:57 GMT]]>@micahflee 😬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ShaulaEvans/statuses/116575941265677853https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ShaulaEvans/statuses/116575941265677853Fri, 15 May 2026 01:14:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:05:52 GMT]]>@micahflee I keep getting notifications of a new message from someone who has absolutely locked their account and not logged in in about a decade.

I have no idea what is going on there.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116575905530985518https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/xgranade/statuses/116575905530985518Fri, 15 May 2026 01:05:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:05:49 GMT]]>@micahflee @jerry They don't need to learn the mail, they can just try to log in with the username and say "forgot password" and it will send it to you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Lee_Holmes/statuses/116575905377860554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Lee_Holmes/statuses/116575905377860554Fri, 15 May 2026 01:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:04:35 GMT]]>@jerry actually my username is just micahflee, so they probably used that with learning the email

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/micahflee/statuses/116575900497982859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/micahflee/statuses/116575900497982859Fri, 15 May 2026 01:04:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. on Fri, 15 May 2026 01:03:43 GMT]]>@micahflee someone is leaky somewhere

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116575897073173406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116575897073173406Fri, 15 May 2026 01:03:43 GMT