The trick here is trusting that Instagram will be able to recognize the device(s) that you are using. Just click on the “Didn’t request this email?” link, as shown here:Ĭlick the button ONLY if you are sure that your device(s) will be recognized So scrapers and scumbags can’t get to them.īut! Instagram does provide a way to limit the login emails. Why? Because email addresses and phone numbers are private. This would stop 99% of Instagram “forgot password” spam immediately. Remove the option to reset passwords based on username only. The solution would be for Instagram to require ONLY email address or phone number for users to reset their password. The solution? The problem is that collecting existing usernames is trivial to do, so any random idiot can scrape up hundreds or thousands of usernames and use them to spam users. Probably has something to do with competition and money, imho. Why would anyone do this? Well, that’s a good question. So they can spam Instagram users with endless “password reset” emails, just by entering the username. It enables bad actors to scrape usernames and then hit that form with their kiddie script. Notice in the form where it asks for your “Email, phone, or username”. Screenshot of Instagram “Forgot Password” page
Apparently there are bots/scripts out there just hammering the Instagram “Forgot Password” form: So yeah, that makes sense and seems to be the reason why people are getting so many password-reset emails from Instagram. It has nothing to do with the email you are using or instagram spamming you.
HOW TO STOP INSTAGRAM BOT REQUESTS PASSWORD
Someone wants your username and hits the recover password to see what happens or if more info is displayed.
HOW TO STOP INSTAGRAM BOT REQUESTS UPDATE
Update 1Īfter posting this article, a reader sent the following information: So I never see the endless flow of Instagram password email spam.
It gives me the option of limit the reset emails, however is automatically flicks to another page saying ‘you’ll now get all log in help emails’. “I’m getting reset password emails every 15 minutes since half 12 last night. People continue asking how I ended up dealing with the Instagram email spam. Anyone else getting a ton of these emails? Is it spam? Something else? In order to find out, I decided to do a little experiment.