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HereSince1628

(36,063 posts) Sat Apr 23, 2016, 09:14 AM Apr 2016

Without her doing it, the SOs Facebook account has changed language twice...

Is this a security problem? Is it an indication her account has been hacked?

Or is it just something strange about the way she uses Facebook on her new laptop/tablet hybrid with windows 10?

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Without her doing it, the SOs Facebook account has changed language twice... (Original Post) HereSince1628 Apr 2016 OP

Not at all discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #1

Thanks, I'm not a Facebook user so I don't reallyeven know where "settings" ususaly hides HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #3

If I use a VPN located in a foreign country, my screen language will change dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #2

Thanks. I for a fact that Windows is cursed -at-, cuz I've done it! HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #4

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)

1. Not at all

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 09:24 AM

Apr 2016

My wife and I experienced the same thing. Possibly a stray click but more likely a facebook glitch of some kind.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

3. Thanks, I'm not a Facebook user so I don't reallyeven know where "settings" ususaly hides

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 05:52 PM

Apr 2016

This time it was in Italian and so I went to babelfish to ask for 'settings' in Italian...it came back 'settings'.

By accident I got to settings and then recognized 'lingua' as a possibility

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. If I use a VPN located in a foreign country, my screen language will change

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:07 PM

Apr 2016

If that is not the reason for her, then the obvious answer is that Windows is cursed, as we Linux people know.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

4. Thanks. I for a fact that Windows is cursed -at-, cuz I've done it!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 05:53 PM

Apr 2016

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