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Question from Lisa: My ex-husband keeps changing the password to my Facebook account and logging into it to send nasty messages to my friends, and it’s causing me a lot of problems.
He even sends messages to my mom!
I don’t know how he’s managing to change my password. How can I stop him from doing that and logging into my Facebook account?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Saturday, August 21, 2021.
–This one settings change blocks 99% of all hacking attempts
–Here’s a better way to scroll through your Facebook Newsfeed and Timeline
–Q&A: How do I delete ‘System 32’ in Windows 10?
–Q&A: How do I wire two switches to control one light fixture?
–Life tip: Never allow yourself to lose the desire to learn!
–Info about my photo / file recovery service
This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Monday, July 12, 2021.
–How to copy photos and other files from one PC to another
–How to protect your Amazon account with Two-Factor Authentication
–Q&A: How can I make my Desktop icons bigger?
–Are you a ‘Stay-At-Home Mom’ looking to work from home? If so, read this.
–Want to hit a ‘Home Run’? Swing big.
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Regular readers of this blog know I often warn against installing apps from any repository besides the Google, Apple and Microsoft app stores because third-party app stores are typically riddled with malicious and malware-laden apps.
The big three mentioned above generally do a pretty good job at ensuring that the apps offered via their app stores are safe, but they are far from perfect.
To that point, a recent discovery by researchers for Dr. Web Antivirus has resulted in Google booting a total of nine malicious apps from the Google Play Store.
I frequently receive frantic messages from Facebook users asking how they can regain access to their accounts when they’re unable to reset their passwords.
Unfortunately, in most of those cases I’m unable to help those folks reset their passwords and get back into their accounts.
That means they have no choice but to abandon their accounts and open new ones.
People find themselves in this situation because Facebook has determined that it’s better to have some people locked out of their accounts forever than to make it easy for hackers to reset the passwords of unsuspecting users.
It always bothers me to have to tell someone I won’t be able to help them get back into their Facebook account, but unfortunately that’s just the reality we are faced with for the time being.
Now all of the above being said, there are steps you can take right now to ensure that you’ll be able to reset your Facebook password if you ever forget it or if a hacker breaks into your account and changes the password.