If you're having troubles with your Facebook notices lately, i.e. getting updates and also groups from people you don't know, then you're not alone-- great deals of people began complaining regarding it considering that last Sunday, June 19. Thankfully, I've found a remedy to it. Information after the dive.
Notifications On Facebook Not Showing
I was doing my common early morning routine last Sunday (June 19) when I found something strange regarding my Facebook account: I'm getting notices from people I don't recognize. More particularly, I'm getting 'likes' and remarks from condition updates as well as links that I really did not post, and updates from groups I did not sign up with.
The Solution
This obtained me to considering my Facebook setups, and also caught the solution just as I was surfing mine: it's an issue with just how my Account Security was set up. * headpalm *.
I swiftly uploaded an option to my Posterous as well as currently I'm replicating it right here for all to see (with [modifies]:
1. Most Likely To Account Settings >> Account Task.
2. From the Account Task area, you'll discover that the various computers and places that are presently accessing your FB account. [You can see this from the tab 'Additionally Active'. It ought to be showing locations as well as gadgets that you are not familiar with.]
3. End each of the sessions [on 'Likewise Energetic'] by clicking the 'End' [switch]
4. After that make certain to examine 'Secure Browsing' (so you'll get on HTTPS, far more secure) and also 'Login Notifications' (so you'll be notified if someone else is logging on your account.) [Merely said, inspecting these alternatives will make accessing your Facebook account much more secure.]
5. After adhering to these steps, you need to get this:.
Make sure to change your passwords after. Note likewise that with these setups, you need to attest every single device that will certainly access your account. That shows up in a display when you try to access your account through your mobile phones.
Final Ideas.
[Updated June 29, 2011] I know there are still mysteries to be resolved but the perpetrator below actually is, well, my negligence: I must have inspected those security setups before. With all the current goings-on regarding hacking and also such, I must have double-checked my accounts to ensure that I can the very least protect them from intrusion. I actually don't recognize for sure it this was connected with that, yet a minimum of I can relax simple that I've thrown down the gauntlet.
