Checking account activity on Facebook is simple and easy. Just follow the following steps:
- Login to your Facebook
- Go to General Account Settings and click on Security.
- Click on Active Sessions to view current sessions.
Also check: How to check your Facebook search history
Under Activity sessions you can see up to 22 of your last login activities along with current location and the device type that you are using. Location is calculated based on the IP address. In the below image you can find all my active sessions and if you move cursor over location or place name, it will show you the IP address. You even have an option to end any of these active sessions from a remote location by clicking on 'End Activity'.
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In the below image you can see my current session location is shown as 'Southborough, MA, US' and till date I had never been to this place. This doesn't necessarily mean that my account have been hacked by someone. The reason behind why the location is shown as Southborough, MA, US and not Bangalore, KA, India is I saved this screenshot when I accessed Facebook at office and the proxy server is pointing to this location. When I login from home to my home network or my mobile device, this will show as Bangalore, KA, India.
Checking account activity in Gmail is some what similar. Check this previous post of mine - How to check your Gmail account activity. It's always good to check your account activity once in a while if not always just to make sure it's only you and not other who has access to your Facebook or Gmail account.
Also check: How to trace an IP using IP tracking
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apt and educative post !! the information related to location is very helpful else its so true that one would think his account is compromised
ReplyDeleteI would like activity my facebook, but I forgot my password and password the e-mail where the new password was sent. Have another way to activity?
ReplyDeleteTry entering any of these in the username field - your Email, Phone, Username or Full Name.
ReplyDeleteHi Ravindra, can you just tell me how is it possible that everytime i login into my fb account i can see Bangalore as my active session in account settings whereas i have never ever in my life visited Bangalore, can it be possible
ReplyDeleteHaha.. similar thing had happened to me as well.. it shows US and Aus sometimes. Did u login to your fb account from your office machine.. yours ISP (Internet service provider) might be hosted in that location and sometimes.. it shows where the main server is location.. Usually, our office servers are over VPN to some US servers or some major city servers..
ReplyDeleteIn the worst case your account might be compromised. In that case might consider changing your password.