Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it

Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by cwyers on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:47AM (#13967650)

They did require a form of identification -- the user's password. The user was careless, and so that password ended up being compromised. This is exactly the same as any other scenario where a user's password has been compromised -- they need to prove they're the legitimate user, not whoever has the compromised password.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by tjoff on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:31AM (#13967998)

And the only proper way to do that identification is to go through the registered mail.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by abritinthebay on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:55PM (#13969407)

Given how many times I've had registered mail delivery screw up... no.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by tjoff on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @05:31AM (#13975227)

There is NO WAY I'd EVER give facebook or any other random internet service any real identification (that includes phone number).

Forcing someone to provide real identification for a service that didn't require it to sign up in the first place is just ludicrous.

For all intents and purposes my email is the sole identification available for a service like facebook. Further, a passport picture isn't worth squat because there is nothing linking my email to it anyway (and a passport picture can easily be forged or copied).

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by abritinthebay on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:24PM (#13978570)

That's fair, but that wasn't really my point.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by tjoff on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @09:55AM (#13986207)

Well, what would be the alternative then?

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