[SOLVED] How much safe am I on Facebook?

[dewer2x]

I recently became interested in internet protection and security. I have few questions though.
Can hacker randomly attack someone on Facebook, perhaps only because the victim has a weaker password (eg a short word and 1 symbol), even if he doesn't even know the victim?
Could they perhabs try to log into some random account and click on forgot my password and mobile number and somehow "recover" the account only with the help of a password?
Is it necessary to send an email (phishing) before or can they just hack the facebook itself?
Does a hacker have to know his victim or can he just break into random accounts?

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

You are not safe from Facebook itself...

 

[tennis2]

Use 8-12 characters. Some capital letters, some numbers, some symbols. Don't use words that are easily tied to you personally from social media (ie your dog/mom/dad/SO/etc name. The more random the better.

 

[tennis2]

You are not safe from Facebook itself...

Amen!

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

Honestly i think if you use internet you are not safe

 

[Spec13]

I recently became interested in internet protection and security. I have few questions though.
Can hacker randomly attack someone on Facebook, perhaps only because the victim has a weaker password (eg a short word and 1 symbol), even if he doesn't even know the victim?
Could they perhabs try to log into some random account and click on forgot my password and mobile number and somehow "recover" the account only with the help of a password?
Is it necessary to send an email (phishing) before or can they just hack the facebook itself?
Does a hacker have to know his victim or can he just break into random accounts?

I find what you're asking quite challenging to understand.

Are you trying to understand the cyber-security strategies employed by Facebook? Or are you trying to learn how to compromise a Facebook account? If it is the latter, I would suggest that perhaps this may not be the best board to ask such questions with potential legal implications.

Cheers,

Trav

 

[dat789]

Nobody is safe from Facebook, or from large corporations, known or unknown. Your data is already with some one, somewhere over the years. If you think about if, Facebook itself, Google, Amazon, Bing/Microsoft, Apple, even Antivirus software organizations knows about you, your family, and may be also who your children are (if you have any). How? Through photos you have posted of yourself, through tagging, those captions of saying what happened that day, who you were with, and what relationship those people are in that very photo. Plus, if you ever enabled Parental Control features, well, that's like saying "Here is my kid. 9 years old, likes Tiktok, Youtube, etc.".

Since you touched on whether or not it is safe, why not think of securing yourself now first by using Password Managers? Then, start changing/updating all those weak passwords you have into at least 12 characters strong ones. Check them against Password Strength Checkers (search for it)! After that, your other options are to consider VPNs, Qubes or TAILs, Tor browser, ditch your current emails in favor for new ones -- ProtonMail (check it out!), Full end-to-end encryption messaging like Signal (Android / Apple Store), etc. You can be anonymous from this point forward.

You'd just make it more difficult to be tracked, but that does not mean impossible in any sense. We are, after all, creatures of habits. There is a chance we will always slip, thus, exposing yourself. It really depends on how far you want to take this to.