Suddenly Facebook, when accessing your profile, tells you that “You have X days left to activate Facebook Protect“And that, if you don’t,” you will lose access to your Facebook account until you activate it. “And it clarifies below that” it is mandatory that your account use this program which includes various more complex protections “and does not explain anything plus.
At first glance, it may even seem like one of these messages that, if you click on the link, they manage to introduce malware onto your device. Users have been receiving this message in the last days of October and some will start receiving it now. And it is that heThe deadline for activation is October 28.
Facebook Protect is not a new tool. In 2019, facing the last elections in the United States, he presented this function created for entities, people and groups to participate in the electoral process.
It was a voluntary act and Facebook promised registrants that it could more quickly detect any suspicious activity on the account through controls that allow us to discover hacking attemptssuch as unusual login locations or unverified devices. If we detect an attack against a person who participates in our program, we can review and protect other accounts registered with it and affiliated with the same campaign. ”
Facebook Protect for more people
Now, Facebook Protect leaves the only three countries in which it was implemented until now (in addition to the United States, Canada and Germany) and offers users the implementation of new advanced security measures, including the generation of security codes through Google, for example, or verification codes via SMS. The goal could be to help people feel more secure on their social network after their systems took a huge worldwide crash a few days ago.
Supposedly wants to prevent someone outside accesses your data or may steal sensitive information. If, for example, someone outside your account logs in, you could receive an SMS alert generated by Facebook. The objective is to be able to carry out controls to detect possible hacking threats.
However, not all users are receiving this notification, despite the fact that October 28 is a close date. Therefore, it is not known if it is a message for everyone or only those who have accounts or pages with some type of verification. It will be necessary to see what is what happens in the next three days and if really many accounts can see their access blocked until Facebook Protect is activated.
Despite the message, at the moment Facebook has not said whether it will be mandatory to accept Protect for absolutely all users in the coming days or only for those who have verified pages or profiles.
How to activate this protection even if the message has not reached you
From the configuration of your Facebook account, you can be the one activate these extra security measures even if the notification does not reach you. Access “settings and privacy” and within there you have different options. You must choose the option “Quick Privacy Check” and from there “How to protect your account”.
Once inside you will have the option of enable the various previously mentioned two-step authentications typical of Facebook Protect or activate login alerts.