{"id":1833,"date":"2022-03-19T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/19\/facebook-is-locking-out-people-who-didnt-activate-facebook-protect\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T14:47:12","slug":"facebook-is-locking-out-people-who-didnt-activate-facebook-protect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/19\/facebook-is-locking-out-people-who-didnt-activate-facebook-protect\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook is locking out people who didn\u2019t activate Facebook Protect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22984802\/facebook-protect-lock-out-twitter<\/a>
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Early in March, a bunch of Facebook users got a mysterious, spam-like email titled \u201cYour account requires advanced security from Facebook Protect\u201d and telling them that they were required to turn on the Facebook Protect feature (which they could do by hitting a link in the email) by a certain date, or they would be locked out of their account. <\/p>\n

The program, according to Facebook<\/a>, is a \u201csecurity program for groups of people that are more likely to be targeted by malicious hackers, such as human rights defenders, journalists, and government officials.\u201d It\u2019s meant to do things like ensure those accounts are monitored for hacking threats and that they are protected by two-factor authentication (2FA).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the email that Facebook sent from the address security@facebookmail.com <\/em>resembled a rather common form of spam, and so it\u2019s probable that many people ignored it.<\/p>\n