disneysteve
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I woke up today and turned on my phone to collect bonuses on a couple of games I play, check Facebook, email, etc. the usual morning routine. I was met with a screen saying my Facebook account was locked on July 15 (mind you I used it right before going to bed last night, July 18, and it worked fine). I needed to set up two-factor authentication. I hate that but I do it if I have to.
I had a choice of text message or Authenticator app and chose text. I didn’t want yet another app. Entered my number and waited and nothing happened. No text. Tried again. No text. Tried on the desktop. No text. The screen said if you’re not getting the text you might need to update your security settings, except that requires logging into your account which I couldn’t do.
Gave up and installed Google Authenticator only to discover that it’s either $50 for a year or $70 for lifetime. No thanks. Then I installed Duo Mobile which seems to be free and was finally able to get back in to Facebook. What a pain.
For those that say I should just not use Facebook, that also means no Facebook Messenger which I use all the time to communicate with friends across the country and internationally. We have a private FB group at work. I sell on FBMP. And lots of other reasons why I’m not willing or interested in leaving the platform.
Long winded story to tell you that if it hasn’t already happened to you, you can expect 2FA to find you soon with Facebook.
I had a choice of text message or Authenticator app and chose text. I didn’t want yet another app. Entered my number and waited and nothing happened. No text. Tried again. No text. Tried on the desktop. No text. The screen said if you’re not getting the text you might need to update your security settings, except that requires logging into your account which I couldn’t do.
Gave up and installed Google Authenticator only to discover that it’s either $50 for a year or $70 for lifetime. No thanks. Then I installed Duo Mobile which seems to be free and was finally able to get back in to Facebook. What a pain.
For those that say I should just not use Facebook, that also means no Facebook Messenger which I use all the time to communicate with friends across the country and internationally. We have a private FB group at work. I sell on FBMP. And lots of other reasons why I’m not willing or interested in leaving the platform.
Long winded story to tell you that if it hasn’t already happened to you, you can expect 2FA to find you soon with Facebook.