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Cute. But Facebook would never allow it. You think they have a delete_user_account() method in their developer API? ;)

lsc 15y ago
You can't delete a facebook account, as far as I can tell, but you can change the data, the email, and randomize the password, which is pretty similar. Seems to me like that's what they were talking about with the 'last words'
- DTrejo 15y ago
  Can also make the account do spammy things or change to a fake name, which could speed the banning.
- JeremyBanks 15y ago
  You have been able to actually delete an account for a while. It's described underneath deactivating on this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13016 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13016
  - lsc 15y ago
    "There was a problem reaching the FAQ you requested" I think you actually want http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=842 http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=842 and thanks, I didn't know about that. I'm going to go do that now; I 'deactivated' my account some time ago and facebook is still spamming me, and people are still trying to message me on facebook.
- mkjones 15y ago
  I work on security at FB, and I suspect if someone actually tried this, they'd run into a fair amount of friction. A bunch of accounts logging in from a new place and immediately changing emails / passwords is pretty suspicious. Even if they did get into the loser's account, I think we offer pretty good tools for the account owner to reclaim it even if the password or email have been changed.
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ktsmith 15y ago
Says you have to hand over your password so I think that implies that they would be doing it directly via facebook and not the API.
- rhizome 15y ago
  All four will lose. 4.8: "You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account."
  - ktsmith 15y ago
    Much more importantly the least harmful thing to come from this would be FB account deletion. Chances are for most people that FB password is used somewhere else and more harm could come from it since everything an attacker needs to know about their victim is in their FB profile. I was going to mention that in my initial comment but it seemed obvious.

lsc 15y ago

You can't delete a facebook account, as far as I can tell, but you can change the data, the email, and randomize the password, which is pretty similar. Seems to me like that's what they were talking about with the 'last words'

DTrejo 15y ago
Can also make the account do spammy things or change to a fake name, which could speed the banning.
JeremyBanks 15y ago
You have been able to actually delete an account for a while. It's described underneath deactivating on this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13016 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13016
- lsc 15y ago
  "There was a problem reaching the FAQ you requested" I think you actually want http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=842 http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=842 and thanks, I didn't know about that. I'm going to go do that now; I 'deactivated' my account some time ago and facebook is still spamming me, and people are still trying to message me on facebook.
mkjones 15y ago
I work on security at FB, and I suspect if someone actually tried this, they'd run into a fair amount of friction. A bunch of accounts logging in from a new place and immediately changing emails / passwords is pretty suspicious. Even if they did get into the loser's account, I think we offer pretty good tools for the account owner to reclaim it even if the password or email have been changed.

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ktsmith 15y ago

Says you have to hand over your password so I think that implies that they would be doing it directly via facebook and not the API.

rhizome 15y ago
All four will lose. 4.8: "You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account."
- ktsmith 15y ago
  Much more importantly the least harmful thing to come from this would be FB account deletion. Chances are for most people that FB password is used somewhere else and more harm could come from it since everything an attacker needs to know about their victim is in their FB profile. I was going to mention that in my initial comment but it seemed obvious.