If you're having problems with your Facebook notifications lately, i.e. obtaining updates as well as groups from people you don't know, then you're not the only one-- lots of individuals began whining about it given that last Sunday, June 19. Luckily, I have actually discovered a remedy to it. Information after the dive.
Push Notifications Facebook Not Working
I was doing my usual early morning routine last Sunday (June 19) when I discovered something odd regarding my Facebook account: I'm obtaining notifications from people I do not recognize. Extra especially, I'm getting 'suches as' and comments from status updates as well as links that I didn't publish, as well as updates from groups I did not sign up with.
The Solution
This obtained me to thinking about my Facebook settings, and also caught the solution equally as I was browsing mine: it's a trouble with how my Account Security was established. * headpalm *.
I promptly posted an option to my Posterous as well as now I'm duplicating it here for all to see (with [modifies]:
1. Most Likely To Account Setup >> Account Task.
2. From the Account Activity section, you'll locate that the different computer systems and locations that are presently accessing your FB account. [You can see this from the tab 'Also Active'. It needs to be revealing places as well as gadgets that you are not knowledgeable about.]
3. End each of the sessions [on 'Also Active'] by clicking on the 'End' [button]
4. After that make certain to check 'Secure Browsing' (so you'll get on HTTPS, far more protected) and 'Login Notifications' (so you'll be informed if somebody else is visiting your account.) [Simply said, checking these choices will certainly make accessing your Facebook account much more secure.]
5. After following these steps, you ought to get this:.
Make certain to transform your passwords after. Note likewise that with these settings, you have to guarantee every single tool that will certainly access your account. That turns up in a display when you attempt to access your account through your mobile devices.
Final Ideas.
[Updated June 29, 2011] I recognize there are still enigmas to be addressed but the wrongdoer below really is, well, my negligence: I ought to have examined those security settings prior to. With all the existing goings-on concerning hacking as well as such, I must have double-checked my accounts to ensure that I can least secure them from breach. I really do not know for sure it this was associated with that said, yet at the very least I might relax very easy that I have actually done something about it.
