Is this a possible phishing attack?
My initial thought as well. Could be identity theft phishing as well (is there a separate word for it) as he was asked for a photo ID.
Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
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Re: Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
#62This is why every site should have it's own unique, strong password.
"its own"
And yes it should, and expendable passwords because the world is filled with morons who "encrypt" your password with rot13 or one round of unsalted md5 (but your better follow their "strong password rules")
Re: Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
#63It said that the email and password was shown to be the same as a compromised account so may well have been activated by a malicious party. Don't reuse accounts and don't consider Facebook to be unimportant even if you don't like it.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I suspect that account credentials acquired from breaches of non-Facebook services are being used to attempt to access Facebook accounts. Given you more or less gave away the idea that you reuse your own passwords, if you haven't already, I suggest you start using a password manager and changing all your passwords to something random.
They did mention it was 5 years ago; password managers have become a lot more popular in that time.
You don't need to manage a password of an abandoned account.
Just make it long and random.
Re: Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
So supposedly OP was allowed to reactivate the account without any hassle at all, but then to actually sign in ID has to be shown? That is even more ridiculous since that just leaves the account in a limbo state for no reason at all. Should have asked for ID prior to reactivating if going down that road.
> So supposedly OP was allowed to reactivate the account without any hassle at all, but then to actually sign in ID has to be shown? That is even more ridiculous Try to think about it without all that negative mindset. Someone quite obviously obtained the (careless) author's password from a leaked user database of another site. They used it to log on to FB and reactivate the account. That isn't suspicious, because th…
And yet GP suggests facebook should frustrate returning customers who log in first time with the correct password.
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#68Seriously, after 5 years they still have your account information? Are they completely nuts?
>Are they completely nuts?
Given their scale, Facebook doesn't have to ever delete anyone's account information, since they have enough money and power to keep everything indefinitely. Deleting account information would probably be like deleting money, since that data likely has real value (more so if someone changes their mind about deleting their account) even if it's no longer public.
It's not nuts, it just seems a bit mercenary. But then, Facebook is bigger than many governments now, so it also seems to be working in their favor.
Re: Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
#69This is concerning since I had assumed the data contained in 'inactive' accounts would eventually be deleted. I closed my own account in 2011 because I found no benefit to having one. Given how difficult it was to close my account the first time around, I'm now expecting to receive a similar email. Why would they hold onto all this data for years after the account was closed? They're not going to be able to glean any…
A few egregious interracial mano-a-mano "mature" midget porn pics sprinkled with a collage of pre-teen bikini pics (A 12 line python script). And a pre-cooked rant from some Nazi site about negros and bitches and negro bitches was all it took to get me out.
Some concern from family and friends but a "Yea, got hacked, be careful out there" took care of that.
Make the system work for you mate.
Re: Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
So supposedly OP was allowed to reactivate the account without any hassle at all, but then to actually sign in ID has to be shown? That is even more ridiculous since that just leaves the account in a limbo state for no reason at all. Should have asked for ID prior to reactivating if going down that road.
> So supposedly OP was allowed to reactivate the account without any hassle at all, but then to actually sign in ID has to be shown? That is even more ridiculous Try to think about it without all that negative mindset. Someone quite obviously obtained the (careless) author's password from a leaked user database of another site. They used it to log on to FB and reactivate the account. That isn't suspicious, because th…
So their automated systems detected malicious access as legitimate access, and legitimate access as malicious access? And this is somehow working as intended?