[captainperl]

> I'm now locked out unless I upload a driver's license or passport id to prove my identity.

No, If you wait long enough (12-24 months of inactivity) they'll email you a magic "open sesame" link that bypasses the login screen. No account password or session cookie needed.

There's several interesting things about this:

1) You could modify the "open sesame" link to login as anybody else who is inactive.

2) Your profile will be slightly broken, as they do numerous software updates weekly apparently without migrating inactive account data reliably.

How do I know this? My gf handles 100% of our social media presence, so I just have a FB account for occasional software testing. HTH! :)

[cantgetout]

I would probably find myself in the same situation and locked out again.

The message was: "It looks like you're trying to make a change to your account from a device or location that you don't usually use."

Given I hadn't logged in since 2011, yes it would look like that.