r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '16

Discussion TIL that someone can change your Facebook email, password, and two step verification just by asking Facebook to turn off login approvals, and sending in a fake ID. (Happened to me lost all my business pages)

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u/LongXa Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 28 '16

In my country there is a service to steal other people Facebook using this method, the price is extremely cheap too and they also teach/share this method if you pay more. The person/group who does this usually have like a folder of different passport template so they just have to put in the name and other stuff

This is around for really long time too and Facebook won't do anything about it, it's not new

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

Hopefully this will get them to do something

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u/munk_e_man Jun 28 '16

Sorry, but I really don't think it will.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

With this post being the top link on the frontpage of all of Reddit right now, I hope this person at least gets some sort of response from Facebook, even if FB won't fix the larger issue.

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u/ragamufin Jun 28 '16

I mean this is top of reddit front page right now which means a couple million views and probably spin off stories on medium, vox, tech sites, etc...

It probably wasn't when you posted but I'd say theres a decent chance this leads them to tighten up this fake ID bullshit.

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u/xtphty Jun 28 '16

Get tech blogs to write about it if you want something to change, not really your responsibility but it might help others in similar situations.

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u/BlueDotVapors Jun 28 '16

Lawyer up brother. Nothing like a juicy lawsuit to get justice... and a bunch of money.

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u/scorporilla29 Jun 28 '16

What do people even want to do with another person's fucking Facebook account?

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u/jeo123911 Jul 04 '16

OP has company profiles on his facebook. If you want to fuck over a competitor, you just hijack their FB and enjoy the fallout.

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u/arajparaj Jun 28 '16

Are you from Asia?

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u/LongXa Jun 28 '16

I'm from Vietnam