Resolved Facebook account and I signed up with the wrong email

[ThatiPhoneKid]

hey

I created a Facebook account and I signed up with the wrong email, will the person who's email I accidentally used be able to get the password I used to create the Facebook account?

Thanks

 

[MacNut]

hey

I created a Facebook account and I signed up with the wrong email, will the person who's email I accidentally used be able to get the password I used to create the Facebook account?

Thanks

Seems you just answered your own problem.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

Seems you just answered your own problem.

Uhh I don't get what you mean, will they?

 

[MacNut]

Uhh I don't get what you mean, will they?

To reset a password you need a valid email. Since you used someone else's email they can easily change the password and you really can't do anything about it.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

To reset a password you need a valid email. Since you used someone else's email they can easily change the password and you really can't do anything about it.

I'm not bothered about that I'm just worried if they can view the email I had

 

[D.T.]

I'm not bothered about that I'm just worried if they can view the email I had

They can access their email account, you can access your email account, Facebook has nothing to do with email access, if you use someone else's email, they can access that one FB account.

 

[maxjohnson2]

I would log into Facebook if you can and delete that account entirely. Then create a new one with the correct email and an entirely different password.

Or just don't use facebook.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

They can access their email account, you can access your email account, Facebook has nothing to do with email access, if you use someone else's email, they can access that one FB account.

What I mean is, I'm not bothered if they can get in to the account because it's a new one, I'm just worrried they may be able to see the password I used for the account

 

[Scepticalscribe]

How on earth did you manage to set up - and sign up to - an account using the wrong email, that is, someone else's email?

Or, rather, why did you do that?

 

[D.T.]

What I mean is, I'm not bothered if they can get in to the account because it's a new one, I'm just worrried they may be able to see the password I used for the account

Of course not, [correctly implemented] systems don't [can't] expose the current password, they only give you the option to reset it to new one.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Of course not, [correctly implemented] systems don't [can't] expose the current password, they only give you the option to reset it to new one.

Yes, I had wondered about that, too.

 

[D.T.]

Yes, I had wondered about that, too.

Just as some additional FYI (which may bore you to tears ) ... many/most systems store passwords using one way cryptographic hash, so they can't directly decrypt your password, they can only check a supplied password against the stored, encrypted password. So even people with direct access to the user account data (like internal support/dev folks) would have to brute force decrypt ( which would involve getting the hash code, the password, and just trying passwords which with a good password is generally pretty infeasible with available computing power).

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

Of course not, [correctly implemented] systems don't [can't] expose the current password, they only give you the option to reset it to new one.

Ty so much man

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ty so much man

This post makes even less sense than your original post, a post which still hasn't made clear why you set up a account with someone else's email address.

 

[maflynn]

This post makes even less sense than your original post, a post which still hasn't made clear why you set up a account with someone else's email address.

The posts have been restored, so the fabric of the discussion can be preserved.

 

[ThatiPhoneKid]

The posts have been restored, so the fabric of the discussion can be preserved.

Thanks can this thread be locked please