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- A non-transferable six-digit code
- When will we be able to use this new recovery system on Instagram?
If your account is stolen or hacked, be it Instagram or any other service, you will face a serious problem. Now those responsible for this social network, who are also responsible for Facebook, are testing a new recovery process for stolen Instagram accounts from the same application.
They consider that, in this way, they will be facilitating the recovery of the account and will make it difficult, in any case, for the thieves of the itself can finally get away with it.
Currently, the process to recover your account is somewhat intricate. What users who find their account hacked must do right now is to complete the process via email or fill out a form specially designed for these cases. There, the user is asked for different information, such as the email address with which he registered or the telephone number.
The goal pursued by those responsible for Instagram with this new procedure is to prevent pirates or hackers from using emails and phone numbers from different phones. What kind of procedure will be followed from now on?
A non-transferable six-digit code
As we said, the goal of Instagram is for hackers to not be able to manage the theft of the account through a device other than the one of the user, having seized other data from the user, such as the email address or the telephone number.
Users who want to recover their account will be given a six-digit code and will only be able to use that code to try to recover their user profile . This kind of password will be sent by Instagram to the device that they want and expressly indicate, so that if the hacker doesn't have that phone or tablet in their hands, they won't have a chance to seize the password. no account
And why will this new method be especially useful as soon as it is applied? Well, first of all, because it ensures that the account can be recovered even when the hacker has managed to change the username and contact details, which can happen perfectly in cases of serious account hijacking.
The system will also offer a blocking system so that a specific username cannot be claimed for a certain time, after account changes have occurred.It doesn't matter if it is an involuntary gesture or a hack The security system will be this.
When will we be able to use this new recovery system on Instagram?
The truth is that for now we do not have a date on the horizon regarding when the new recovery system devised by Instagram will be available What What is clear is that those responsible for this social network pursue a clear objective: that users can recover their stolen or hacked account from the application itself on their mobile phone, which undoubtedly simplifies and speeds up the recovery procedure when a breach occurs. situation as delicate as the theft of an account.
In any case, you should know that username blocking is available for both Android and iOS. The former already had it, but the latter are progressively receiving this feature, which is nothing more than extra protection.
And although there will continue to be thefts of accounts and multiple attempts to seize them, from now on the hackers will have it a little more complicatedand perhaps they will give up trying to do their own thing. Would be ideal.
