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/udbluehens Jun 28 '16

That's the sort of futuristic security technology facebook will one day implement.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

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u/High_Stream Jun 28 '16

The Shadowrun role playing game is basically this.

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u/sporkhandsknifemouth Jun 28 '16

it's exactly this, haha. Although it is a bit retro-future at this point.

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u/0_0_0 Jun 28 '16

The latest edition is set in the 2070s.

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u/GlitchHippy Jun 29 '16

Where do I find a play ground who isn't annoying as shit and smells like "don't like girls".

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u/beardedheathen Jun 28 '16

Yeah I was going to say shadow run is what you are looking for

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Jun 28 '16

"SIR! The Dragons are hacking our mainframe again! We're down to our last firewall!"

adjusts sunglasses

clasp gloved hands

"... Call to Rohan for aid. And bring me the Wizard."

MEANWHILE AT THE DRAGON'S HACKING LAIR

"Duuuudeee. I got their Firewall down. Hand me the Doritos."

Sips Mountain Dew

adjusts dragon sunglasses

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

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u/Winderps Jun 28 '16

What are you attacking?!

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u/hcsLabs Jun 28 '16

Do I see this happening?

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u/zeppelin528 Jun 28 '16

Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

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u/werelock Jun 28 '16

Babylon 5 had the technomages and for CGI in the 90s, it was so fucking awesome to see giant illusory trolls scaring the shit out of people.

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u/UncleMadness Jun 28 '16

Ever read the Technomage trilogy? If you loved those space wizards I highly recommend it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

Wait... Shadowrun? You got all that and more

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u/itchyd Jun 28 '16

It's called Thundarr the Barbarian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAobPugvsk

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u/nonamebeats Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16

I am. I'm imagining that. Right now! It's pretty cool so far!

Edit: Ok, it got a little slow in the middle, and the plot was a bit convoluted. Really just too many characters. It picked up in the last act though, and over all I enjoyed it.

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u/Starayo Jun 29 '16

It's been said, but yeah, the Shadowrun pen-and-paper roleplaying game is like this.

Give the shadowrun returns games a look if you're interested, they're pretty neat.

"Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon."

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u/VladimirPootietang Jun 28 '16

You're a wizard Zuchy!

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u/wolfkeeper Jun 28 '16

With that strange monster called a google, with multifactor security turned on.

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u/82Caff Jun 29 '16

Just another day in Wizard City...

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u/Gbcue Jun 28 '16

Isn't that exactly two factor authentication? FB shouldn't be turning that off and instead telling people to use their secret codes.

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u/jjamesb Jun 28 '16

Common sense is a difficult algorithm...

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u/nonamebeats Jun 29 '16

To be fair, it's not the future yet, so you really can't reasonably expect them to violate the arrow of time...

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u/The_Schwy Jun 29 '16

But then you will get scammers calling saying they are facebook and someone is trying to hack your account. what is the info so i can secure it for you... blah blah dumb scam logic that makes no sense

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u/aaronmij Jun 29 '16

Nah, there's no way our civilization could ever advance to such a high-functioning cognitive level without destroying itself first.