If you're having issues with your Facebook notices recently, i.e. obtaining updates and also teams from people you do not recognize, then you're not the only one-- lots of people began grumbling about it given that last Sunday, June 19. Thankfully, I've found an option to it. Details after the dive.
Facebook Notification Won T Go Away
I was doing my normal morning routine last Sunday (June 19) when I found something odd regarding my Facebook account: I'm getting notifications from people I don't know. Much more specifically, I'm obtaining 'likes' as well as comments from status updates as well as web links that I really did not publish, and updates from teams I did not sign up with.
The Solution
This obtained me to thinking of my Facebook settings, and also caught the solution just as I was surfing mine: it's an issue with just how my Account Protection was established. * headpalm *.
I rapidly published a solution to my Posterous and currently I'm duplicating it here for all to see (with [edits]:
1. Go to Account Settings >> Account Task.
2. From the Account Activity area, you'll locate that the various computers and also places that are currently accessing your FB account. [You can see this from the tab 'Additionally Active'. It needs to be showing places as well as devices that you are not accustomed to.]
3. End each of the sessions [on 'Additionally Active'] by clicking the 'End' [button]
4. Afterwards make certain to inspect 'Secure Browsing' (so you'll be on HTTPS, far more safe and secure) as well as 'Login Notifications' (so you'll be alerted if someone else is browsing through your account.) [Just claimed, checking these options will certainly make accessing your Facebook account much more protected.]
5. After following these steps, you must get this:.
Make certain to transform your passwords after. Note additionally that with these setups, you need to vouch for every gadget that will access your account. That shows up in a screen when you try to access your account via your smart phones.
Final Thoughts.
[Upgraded June 29, 2011] I understand there are still secrets to be solved but the wrongdoer right here actually is, well, my negligence: I ought to have inspected those protection setups prior to. With all the present goings-on regarding hacking and such, I ought to have double-checked my accounts to make sure that I can least secure them from invasion. I really don't recognize for sure it this was connected with that, but at the very least I can rest easy that I have actually found a solution for it.
