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Agree on visibility, safety settings and response before linking accounts.
Change the correct social permission and test one server at a time.
Find whether you granted access to your account or to a server.
A QR code in a DM can sign someone else into your account.
A second factor is useful only when you can still recover your own account.
Compare counts, files and metadata after the copy finishes.
Archive hides from the main grid; Trash begins a timed deletion path.
A hidden map pin is only one clue; the image itself can reveal the place.
Remove the access path, then audit people and saved copies.
Private on-device photos may vanish when the app or phone is reset.
Prove the privacy setting is the cause, then limit the exception.
Protect saved logins, then test recovery before depending on it.
Default can fall back; Max may refuse a lookup when secure DNS fails.
A local device page may need an exception; an account page usually should not.
Test the broken site before turning its shield off.
One saved place can influence more than one unlock setting.
It is a delayed lock for an unlocked phone, not a way to find one offline.
Biometrics protect sensitive changes away from trusted places.
Verify the number and optional security question before a loss.
Motion-based locking can help after a snatch, but may not trigger every time.