Not Getting Notifications On Facebook

If you're having issues with your Facebook alerts recently, i.e. obtaining updates and also teams from individuals you don't understand, then you're not the only one-- great deals of individuals began grumbling regarding it given that last Sunday, June 19. Luckily, I've found an option to it. Information after the jump.

Not Getting Notifications On Facebook

I was doing my typical early morning routine last Sunday (June 19) when I found something unusual regarding my Facebook account: I'm getting notifications from individuals I don't recognize. Extra particularly, I'm getting 'likes' and also remarks from standing updates and also web links that I didn't publish, and also updates from groups I did not sign up with.

The Solution

This obtained me to thinking about my Facebook setups, and also hit upon the solution just as I was browsing mine: it's an issue with exactly how my Account Security was set up. * headpalm *.

I rapidly posted an option to my Posterous as well as now I'm duplicating it below for all to see (with [modifies]:

1. Go to Account Setup >> Account Task.

2. From the Account Activity area, you'll discover that the various computer systems and locations that are currently accessing your FB account. [You can see this from the tab 'Additionally Energetic'. It should be revealing locations and also devices that you are not familiar with.]
3. End each of the sessions [on 'Likewise Energetic'] by clicking the 'End' [button]

4. After that be sure to inspect 'Secure Searching' (so you'll get on HTTPS, a lot more safe and secure) and 'Login Notifications' (so you'll be alerted if someone else is visiting your account.) [Merely said, inspecting these alternatives will certainly make accessing your Facebook account a lot more secure.]
5. After following these steps, you should get this:.

Be sure to transform your passwords after. Note likewise that with these setups, you need to vouch for each and every device that will certainly access your account. That comes up in a display when you attempt to access your account with your smart phones.

Final Thoughts.

[Upgraded June 29, 2011] I recognize there are still mysteries to be solved but the offender right here truly is, well, my idleness: I ought to have examined those protection setups before. With all the existing goings-on concerning hacking and also such, I must have double-checked my accounts to ensure that I might the very least safeguard them from invasion. I actually don't recognize for certain it this was related with that said, but a minimum of I can rest simple that I've done something about it.

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