I can elaborate a little for her. She got locked out of her FB account for reasons unknown, possibly a hacking situation. She has tried countless times to get her password reset, with no luck.
So I suggested that she ought to create a new Facebook account. To do this, she would need to create a different email since Facebook is really strict about having two accounts.
As she tries to create a new email account, she is asked for a mobile number. She don't have one.
Any clues of email servers that don't ask for a cell number to create a new email account?
I personally have never had to give out my mobile number and I always ignore any message that asks for it to secure it.
Thank-you Glis. It's total crap to demand a phone number. I often use a disposable email addy if it's something unimportant I am signing up for. Obviously, Facebook is going to want a legitimate email address.
Between the email providers, sites like FB that don't respect privacy, twitter that hates speech, Yahoo and Google spying and data mining for the feds..... There is a whole lot of BS and f***ery going with internet these days.
I have a Bozette FB account now just because I couldn't see videos and things people linked without being on FB. I used my anonymous bozette email account.
She could try http://www.techemail.com or http://www.dcemail.com. Both offer free email accounts. Neither requires a phone number. And neither require her to offer a confirmation email address anywhere else.
Now she comes to the next hurdle. Her IP address will be linked to her existing (inaccessible) Facebook account. In order to sign up she may need to use an Internet cafe or a library (or the TOR browser).
That crossed my mind with Facebook being so strict with having more than one account. But I once created an account that was just my screen name and that came from the same IP before knowing this strict rule. I had no problems using it for a few weeks, but did "deactivate" it once I understood this was really frowned on. Of course it still "exists" since FB never really deletes ANY account. I just never sign on it.
So hopefully, my friend will just be able to deactivate her new account once she can access her old. I feel really bad that this is no simple task. Facebook can be a lifeline to those that are housebound for a host of reasons.
I've never had Internet on a mobile. My wife does have facebook on hers but you do have to watch that it doesn't run away with your data allowance.
This post was edited by Malizz at December 12, 2016 4:25 PM MST