Facebook - Turn on Advanced Protection?

Scorpion Ghost

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What the hell is this?

I tried doing it, and this window popup kinda Microsoft popup appears, and I have to confirm, and I feel a bit uneasy.

The email looks legit, the sending email looks legit, the site that opens if i click the "Turn on Advanced Protection" looks legit.

So, what the hell is this?

 

Panther28

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Just do it from inside your facebook account, don't do it through the email popup. (just in case)

 

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Panther28 said:

Just do it from inside your facebook account, don't do it through the email popup. (just in case)

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How DARE you tell me what to do?!?!

Okay good point actually

 

Vynith

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tbh this is the first time I'm hearing of Facebook advanced protection.

I know Google has it for Android and durex could be classed as advanced protection but this is slightly sus.

 

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Seems like the protection of your accounts is weak and they ask for more security. Usually 2Fa + strong password should secure it. There are a lot of accounts with low protection and very vulnerable for scrappers to steal it.

 

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Well I tried setting it up, and they're asking me to insert my security key in the usb port. What the hell is that?

I tried doing it with my phone, and the page threw an error.

So I set up google authenticator using my phone and I'm gonna leave it at that. If they're not happy, let them ask again.

 

vanhien211

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Scorpion Ghost said:

What the hell is this?

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I tried doing it, and this window popup kinda Microsoft popup appears, and I have to confirm, and I feel a bit uneasy.

The email looks legit, the sending email looks legit, the site that opens if i click the "Turn on Advanced Protection" looks legit.

So, what the hell is this?

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You can ignore it, it won't affect anything.

 

TKV AGENCY

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That sounds really strange. I think you need to check the link to see if it's actually genuine.