FabSwingers.com forum: FB security settings

By *thwalescpl OP Couple
over a year ago

brecon

It seems that FB have altered the security settings on ALL accounts without informing us, just wondering if I am allowed to post how to secure your account so that you can stop people hacking into it while you are on it?

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By *arambarMan
over a year ago

swindon

Please do. I would appreciate it.

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

I joined up just to have a nose around but the more I hear about it the more the more I think its not worth bothering with

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Please tell us what security settings have been altered.

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By *thwalescpl OP Couple
over a year ago

brecon

They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Facebook has changed and said nothing (again). Take a look at your URL (top box on your screen.) If you see "http" or just "www", instead of "https", you DO NOT have a secure session & can be hacked. Go to Account Settings - Click Security on the left top corner - click Edit next to Secure Browsing, Check box, click Save. FB has automatically set it on the non-secure setting! Do everyone a huge favor, copy & re-post.

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i noticed that the other day but i soon changed my settings

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you see "http" or just "www", instead of "https", you DO NOT have a secure session & can be hacked. "

Confused. Because this site doesn't say https either. Can I be hacked on here? Should I be worried? Or is this another Facebook will be the end of civilisation as we know stories?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think you'll find that's only with a certain browser and FB haven't said which browser it is. They have installed software to detect those browsers and a security patch to fix the problem. This all stemmed from a hacker who posted thousands of pron images on the accounts of people using the unspecified browser.

I've just checked mine and I'm using IE, and it has https in the URL.

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

Top right hand corner there is an arrow click on that then go to security settings and there will be an secure network click on that and heypresto you have secure browsing..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ThankYou will Repost!

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By *thwalescpl OP Couple
over a year ago

brecon

Cant claim any credit for this, dont actually know who origionally started the "round robin", but picked it up off a facebook swinging group we are members of.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Could you post which or PM with details. I for one would love to join.

Thanks

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

Top right hand corner there is an arrow click on that then go to security settings and there will be an secure network click on that and heypresto you have secure browsing..

Thanks for that but there is no arrow in my right hand top corner.

I'm crap at techy stuff.

_rummps x

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By *thwalescpl OP Couple
over a year ago

brecon

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

Top right hand corner there is an arrow click on that then go to security settings and there will be an secure network click on that and heypresto you have secure browsing..

Thanks for that but there is no arrow in my right hand top corner.

I'm crap at techy stuff.

_rummps x

Top right hand corner of your facebook page, you will see your name, next to it is "HOME", and to the right of this is an arrow pointing down, click on that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Accounts have NOT been made any less secure than they were before. Scaremongering is rife as per usual everytime Facebook change their security or any other settings

Facebook has actually given you the option of advancing your security settings without adjusting your previous settiings.

Extra security to be opted in to.... NOT your previous preferred security settings automatically opted out of!

I'm happy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well if this scaremongering has got everyone looking at and tightening up their FB secrity, it wasn't a wasted effort was it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well if this scaremongering has got everyone looking at and tightening up their FB secrity, it wasn't a wasted effort was it?

It would have been a much better thing if FB themselves had said that security settings had been beefed up a fair bit.

Well... all I can say is that I'm impressed with the new settings and would have adjusted the security earlier had I known sooner... thank f*** for scaremongering

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

Top right hand corner there is an arrow click on that then go to security settings and there will be an secure network click on that and heypresto you have secure browsing..

Thanks for that but there is no arrow in my right hand top corner.

I'm crap at techy stuff.

_rummps x

Top right hand corner of your facebook page, you will see your name, next to it is "HOME", and to the right of this is an arrow pointing down, click on that."

Er! Not only am I crap at techy stuff, I can't read properly now. I took the first post to mean that FAB had changed something so I've been looking to change my security setting on here. DURRRR!

Sorry folks.

_rummps x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

I've seen that message but aside from the fact I don't understand it, how do we know its true? Facebook is notorious for rumours so I am not really sure I believe it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They have made EVERYONE@S account non-secure.... you have to alter your security settings....

Send to all on your friends list.

Stay safe. xxx

Posted in here to help others.... hope I dont get a slap from Admin.

Mine says http://www so not secure yeah?

Where do I find account settings?

_rummps x

Top right hand corner there is an arrow click on that then go to security settings and there will be an secure network click on that and heypresto you have secure browsing..

Thanks for that but there is no arrow in my right hand top corner.

I'm crap at techy stuff.

_rummps x

Top right hand corner of your facebook page, you will see your name, next to it is "HOME", and to the right of this is an arrow pointing down, click on that.

Er! Not only am I crap at techy stuff, I can't read properly now. I took the first post to mean that FAB had changed something so I've been looking to change my security setting on here. DURRRR!

Sorry folks.

_rummps x

I actually thought when I read it that you were talking about the spanner on Google Chrome

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

thanks done it

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

http://www.fabswingers.com/content/forum-rules

Can people remember what links are allowed on the site please as there have been a good few non allowed links through the forums today, you will find them on the forum rules above.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FB is making it harder for people like myself who just have family in friends and private and not visable to others..they are a pain in the ass with keep changing settings and not letting us know.

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By *thwalescpl OP Couple
over a year ago

brecon

"http://www.fabswingers.com/content/forum-rules

Can people remember what links are allowed on the site please as there have been a good few non allowed links through the forums today, you will find them on the forum rules above."

Sorry, didnt realise I'd posted a link.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i did..one that debunked the whole story but its deemed inadmissable

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

"http://www.fabswingers.com/content/forum-rules

Can people remember what links are allowed on the site please as there have been a good few non allowed links through the forums today, you will find them on the forum rules above.

Sorry, didnt realise I'd posted a link.

You didnt lol

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

I actually thought when I read it that you were talking about the spanner on Google Chrome

Now see, thats how much of a techy dinasaur I am. Whats Google Chrome?

_rummps x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

Me too that's why I logged back in to ask someone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

Me too that's why I logged back in to ask someone

I feel so much better now thank you x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

Me too that's why I logged back in to ask someone

I feel so much better now thank you x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

Me too that's why I logged back in to ask someone

I feel so much better now thank you x

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By *unterslickCouple
over a year ago

tullamore

well i for one am glad it was posted,i went to log into fb last week and it told me someone had tried to access my account in the usa,and today it wouldnt accept my password,so i changed it logged in then this evening tried logging in and the new password wouldnt work,it was back to my old password,

freakin annoying

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

"I should read things properly I have spent ages trying to find security settings on fab not face book

Glad it wasn't just me then.

_rummps x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I actually thought when I read it that you were talking about the spanner on Google Chrome

Now see, thats how much of a techy dinasaur I am. Whats Google Chrome?

_rummps x"

Its an alternative search engine to Google, Opera, Firefox etc. I use it to access Fab as Google itself wouldn't let me access the shop or chat but I have to have both as a shopping website I use, doesn't work with Chrome

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By *rummpsMan
over a year ago

thanet

I actually thought when I read it that you were talking about the spanner on Google Chrome

Now see, thats how much of a techy dinasaur I am. Whats Google Chrome?

_rummps x

Gotcha, thanks.

_rummps x.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes i heard they can look into out messages etc when your offline so what i have been told to use c cleaner and eveytime we log off we clean pc and that stops anyone going into your account

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

With over 800 million users, why would they want to read your messages?

While I believe a little paranoia about online information is healthy, using a cc cleaner every time you finish on a computer is taking it a little far. Unless you are sending messages about how you are going to eliminate the president, or blow up parliament, I really can't imagine what interest anyone would have in your messages.

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