Computer systems become paranoia

[Alain De Vos]

I'm frustrated.
I want to add a girl i know as friend to facebook, but the system decides it seems we don't know eachother so i cannot add here by any means.
I have a mail account with a mail and gsm number recovery i use for everything even facturation.
When i try to log in from freebsd firefox, with one of these recoveries, i always get the error , "something went wrong", try to log in from another device.
Is there some stupid A.I. active which decides for us and we have no means to contact ... ?
That would be a dangerous evolution if you ask me.

 

[Espionage724]

Nothing new in my experience; Discord as of lately wants to force captcha when it used to not present if the account had 2FA enabled. Facebook gives me 3 captcha prompts that I human-defeat by closing the tab and reopening until it stops

Facebook's solution is easy for me: I just host my own social network Other people can host their own instances or join one that uses decentralized protocols.

 

[kent_dorfman766]

My issue is why you are supporting facebook in the first place. Take back your digital privacy. Boycott social media.

 

[Espionage724]

My issue is why you are supporting facebook in the first place. Take back your digital privacy. Boycott social media.

If only everyone else did it too (just like Discord's non-ideal use, I benefit from checking those exclusive spots occasionally even with disliking the platform)

 

[Criosphinx]

I have helped other people with their Microsoft accounts, the "something went wrong" message means that it's locked temporarily(they don't say for how long) probably because too many failed attempts, you must wait I would recommend at least three days before trying again.

After you can log in again I think the best option is to disable SMS codes, add an authenticator app to generate the OTPs and verify your secondary email. You can also generate and print a recovery code and keep it safe in case you lose your phone.

 

[kent_dorfman766]

After you can log in again I think the best option is to disable SMS codes, add an authenticator app to generate the OTPs and verify your secondary email. You can also generate and print a recovery code and keep it safe in case you lose your phone.

Or, and here is a novel concept: don't use M$ accounts at all and then they don't need to know your secondary email account info. There is a reason it's free...it's called data mining.

 

[Espionage724]

Or, and here is a novel concept: don't use M$ accounts at all and then they don't need to know your secondary email account info. There is a reason it's free...it's called data mining.

They're also free backup hosts and good email providers (nobody says you have to use em primarily)