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> I am concerned that they knew that I used this password on several different sites. How did they know that? I suppose they keep an automated list of passwords that have been hacked on other sites, when those hacked passwords are made public? If so, that much is reasonable. A clear demonstration of how users don't read error messages, as the screenshot that appears above this paragraph spells out the exact method th…
FB has a history of collecting cross-site passwords from failed logins.
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You can delete accounts, but the function is hidden and you have to search the help section to find it https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
How ironic. I deactivated my account last year thinking it was the only option. I click on the link... to be asked to login to Facebook. :-|
FB's approach here is a great example of a dark pattern. I've known several people who really want to kick the FB habit and deactivated their accounts. But when they accidentally reactivate, the temptation was too great to go back since everything was still there just how they left it.
Evil genius right there.
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and at the bottom of the page: > You can also try other challenges to confirm your identity.
The identity challenge does not matter: you shouldn't have to confirm your identity to protest against the reactivation of an account you intended to close. The point still stands: OP intended to close their account in 2012, and are now being signed up again without their consent.
Otherwise... well, imagine that I close my account and then decide to reopen it. ANYONE IN THE WORLD could block me from reopening it if FB doesn't require identification in the way you suggest.
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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.
Chances are every data about you facebook ever collected still lives inside facebook, outside access is just disabled.
It may not be Facebook themselves that caused the account reactivation. I'm was very recently in a similar situation having a Facebook account that was deactivated about 5 years ago (I thought I had deleted it). I received the exact same account reactivation notification email as in the article and I also started receiving photo post notification emails. Upon attempting to sign in to my Facebook account to investigat…
I've gone in three times now, made sure the account was "deactivated" (using quotes since we know it's not really ever deleted).
And I'm still getting notifications.
Something else is going on here.
Also, the Facebook page clearly says to block out everything except the photo, name, and birth date. This is information Facebook already has and the photo upload is simply for verification purposes. This makes his claim of privacy invasion even more ridiculous since he already gave them that information years ago.
It may not be Facebook themselves that caused the account reactivation. I'm was very recently in a similar situation having a Facebook account that was deactivated about 5 years ago (I thought I had deleted it). I received the exact same account reactivation notification email as in the article and I also started receiving photo post notification emails. Upon attempting to sign in to my Facebook account to investigat…
I'll add my data point, since this has been happening to me as well in the last week. I've gone in three times now, made sure the account was "deactivated" (using quotes since we know it's not really ever deleted). And I'm still getting notifications. Something else is going on here.
My guess is that someone is using password db dumps and then using those credentials to login to Facebook accounts, in this case it reactivated it. TL;DR Don't use the same password on multiple accounts, no matter how "unimportant".
Fairly sure someone is. I haven't been using FB for months and last week received a "messenger sign in code" SMS from FB. (I use LastPass btw with each site their own pw, I highly doubt they need your actual current password to login)
The number of sites that use - sometimes even requiring - SMS as a backup authentication mechanism, even while you use a separate authenticator app, is astounding. Cell phone number recycling is just as bad as email addresses.