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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by vtail on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:41AM (#32863284)
Facebook did offer you two ways to recover: a) provide your driving license or credit card (a reasonable offer, IMHO) and b) reaching out to your three friends online.

I agree that in b), it sucks that once chosen, the 3 people cannot be change (although I kinda see the security angle of it), but what else would you want Facebook to do if you lost access to your email?

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by bmitc on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:29PM (#32870157)
Accept my username or password that's being rejected for no reason? Driver's license or credit card is unacceptable, to me, to give to an organization like Facebook. Still, those options went away.

I don't understand why it can't just ask me questions about my account. It's not like I'm resetting my password. It was Facebook that randomly decided it needs to send an email, something it never did for the longest time.

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