An application called Postegro allows users to view the profiles of users whose accounts are hidden on Instagram. According to the data announced by Şikayetvar, the application was viewed 200 thousand times by users last week and their complaints increased by 480 percent. Some of the users who had problems with the app related to the main issues such as access problem, refund, privacy violation, filed a complaint, saying that they were threatened by their ex.
OPEN IS CREATED BY USERS
Cyber Security Specialist Osman Demircan pointed out that Postegro is a cyber threat and gave information about how it works. Demircan recommends that it should not be downloaded and used, saying, “The user does not take advantage of any vulnerability of Instagram, the user creates his own vulnerability in this application. After you log into the system with your Instagram username and password, you can take a copy of your profile into its own structure, even if you leave the system or hide your profile in the future, others can see it. he spoke.
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR FRIENDS LIST
Drawing attention to the risks, Demircan said, “You also give your username and password to the owners of the application. If you have a hidden profile in your friend list, the application accesses those accounts through your profile, showing the photos and videos shared by people online. That is, the more users there are, the more secret profiles the system can be seen. ”
DEMAND TO APPLY
Stating that privacy has disappeared, Demircan said, “The application was closed a few days ago. But it started to come out with different names. It will continue to be used because there is a serious demand for such applications around the world. The application itself is a cyber threat because you set it up by saying ‘I will go out with a friend.” “You put everyone at risk when you log in. If there are people in your list of friends who have problems with their boyfriend, who have problems with their ex-spouses, who have problems with their ex-wife, the application is like an instigator in the background. It puts your privacy and your secret life in the hands of different people,” he said.
A BIG THREAT FOR CHILDREN
Saying that the photos shared by children can be captured by malicious people, Demircan said, “It is also a great threat to children. Because many of them now have Instagram accounts. Most of them open accounts with the approval of their families. Accounts are shared secretly. These photos can be taken and used maliciously, pedophilia, cyberbullying. “Let the families control the people that their children follow well, because if any of these people have installed the application, our child’s account is unfortunately at risk,” he said.
CHANGE YOUR INSTAGRAM PASSWORD
Osman Demircan, “We give the application our username and password, the biggest danger starts here. Recently, a serious number of ‘accounts have been hacked’ news has been made. The accounts of most of the people who log in to the application have been hacked. If you are still not exposed to a ‘hack’, you must change your password. If 2-factor authentication is not turned on after changing your password, make sure to open it so that a second layer of security has been created. These applications also provide services such as buying followers. “If the buyer is or is a member of a terrorist organization, you may be unwittingly following a member of a terrorist organization from your account.”
YOUR FRIENDS CAN BE FRAUD
Emphasizing that it is necessary to think twice before using such applications, Demircan said, “Because you risk your friend list. You may cause the people on your friend list to be defrauded. You will allow the sharing of photos private to them. Your password may be stolen, in this case, your friends are sent a message and they believe it. “Do not use the application. Social media producers such as Instagram also recommend not to enter user names and passwords in these applications.”
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTION MUST START REVIEW
Stating that social media accounts define the person, Demircan said, “The rapid spread of our social media accounts with such applications may be a crime within the scope of KVKK and should be examined. It is very correct that the Information Technologies Authority initiates an investigation on the subject within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK). he said.
