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It actually says right there on the screenshot "You can see your name and profile picture because you're using a computer network you've logged in on before." S
by dn3500 6y ago
It actually says right there on the screenshot "You can see your name and profile picture because you're using a computer network you've logged in on before." So this is only working because the author has used this computer (or one on the same subnet) to log in to his FB account before (private browsing mode does not obscure the IP address). It will not work in the general case.
- epmaybe 6y agoAre large organization subnets sufficiently masked that this would not work? For example, a university network.
- pcthrowaway 6y agoIf not, you could possibly use the domain facebook displays for the recovery email (for example x@cornell.edu) to direct you to the network you need to retry from
- jsnell 6y agoFacebook does not reveal even a single letter of the recovery email's domain.