Facebook Photo Security Check

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There is a security check designed to protect us from suspicious logins and it somewhat concerns me.  I'm visiting my parents in Texas and logged into my family account.  I was disturbed by what happened next.  Since I was using an unfamiliar ISP address, Facebook required me to do a Photo Security Check to verify that the account was mine.

 

When I clicked on continue, I was told that I could not get any of the following questions wrong and I was given a series of photos to identify.  Since these are people I know in real life, it wasn't difficult.  I hope my friends don't mind that their images were used to help the Mafia Wars community.  

After the 5th photo question, I was told I answered enough questions and I could submit my answers.  Everything was fine and I was able to access my family account.

 

What if this happened to one of our Mafia Wars accounts?  How could we ever answer these questions?  Most of the images I got were not even my friends profile pictures.  I have 5,000 Mafia Wars friends and I've haven't memorized all of their photo albums.

I went to The Facebook Help Center and found the following response to my question.  If this happens you can wait a few hours, try again and hope you get a different type of security check.  The photo security check is not the only option Facebook uses.  If this doesn't work, you can fill out a report and submit it to Facebook.  Click HERE to do this.  I'm sure explaining that you have 5,000 friends because of a game will be a good enough explanation.