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Security expert issues warning over new Instagram trend taking over young people

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Published 13:31 30 Dec 2023 GMT

Security expert issues warning over new Instagram trend taking over young people

The expert has warned Gen Z about sharing their personal information online

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@elshiloh / Getty Stock Image

Topics: News, Social Media, TikTok, Technology

Britt Jones
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There are a lot of ‘no nos’ when it comes to sharing things on social media, as it’s pretty easy to track down a digital footprint.

Whether you’re securing your information so that employers can’t see or simply to protect your identity, there’s a concerning trend happening among young people which is providing red flags to an expert.

This cybersecurity expert has now warned people against taking part in the 'Get to Know Me' Instagram trend.

Now, this isn’t the first trend to hit social media as trends come and go, but it’s the danger involved with this one that needs to be cut short with Gen-Z.

The 'Get to Know Me' trend is essentially with a pre-made template that asks personal questions about online users, and you need to fill it in to ‘get to know’ people better.

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These questions include generic things like your age, height, birthdate, tattoos, piercings, phobias, favourite season, artist, place, food, and drink.

But are they really that generic?

Not according to Eliana Shiloh, a cyber and strategic risk analyst at Deloitte, who has come out to say taking part in this trend could be pretty risky.

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Posting a clip to TikTok under the username @elshiloh, the expert told her followers: "If you guys did that Instagram trend with all the questions, literally delete that sh*t right now.

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"This is hacker nation right here. I literally started filling it out and then I was, like, wait a damn minute. These are the answers to a lot of my security questions."

The expert went on to say that hackers would have a ‘field day’ with the trend.

She added: "I don't know about you guys but I have had quite a few fake accounts made of me. This is fuelling the fire."

But she wasn’t done with subject and went on to talk about it further to the New York Post.

"While the answer to your security questions might not be something simple included in these trends, participation in them gives the 'bad guys' an itemized list of your personally identifiable information," she told the outlet.

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Eliana Shiloh is warning Instagram users about the risks of online trends.
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"Also, I feel like we’re really inching pretty close to the iceberg on sharing our Social Security numbers. This is second par to that."

"Generally posting on social media can lend to people easily figuring out the answers to your security questions and accessing your accounts," the expert concluded.

However, a lot of people aren’t heeding the warning and flew to her comment section to share their own opinion on the trend.

One person remarked: "Dude my security questions have NOTHING to do with those questions???"

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And another wrote: "My answers have nothing to do with my security questions LMFAO."

Ah, kids.

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