Facebook Increases Login Security

Over on the Facebook blog, they announced today that they launched some additional security features aimed to help keep  your account from being hacked as well as a system for notifying you right away of a potential hack of your account. Facebook has to constantly be fending off malicious attacks and hacks of accounts so it only makes sense that they would continue to want to strengthen their overall system to keep this from happening.

They released a new feature called “Account Security” which approve the devices you commonly log in from (computer, mobile, etc.) and then you will be notified (by email or text message) whenever there’s an attempt to access your account from a device that was not previously approved.

To find this feature, click on Account in the upper right and select “Account Settings.” Look towards the bottom for Account Security, (ironically, just above Deactivate Account.) Click on the “Change” link and you will see the following:

You will then be given the option to register which devices are approved for log in to your Facebook account. You can also choose whether you want to receive notifications of unauthorized logins via email or by text message. If there is an attempt to access your account from a device that has not been authorized, then you will be sent a notification right away with instructions for how to reset your password if you don’t recognize the device.

There is also another feature which works to block suspicion logins. Facebook has actually had this feature for awhile and I suspect they’re highlighting it here not only as part of their overall security but also as an effort to show how they really are trying to help protect users.

The block suspicious log-ins feature will kick in when there is an attempt to log in to your Facebook account from a computer or mobile device that isn’t your usual device, then it will ask for some type of verification before allowing the login such as a birth date or an answer to your security question. It’s a good feature and I’ve encountered it before when going in to a client’s account to help set up their Facebook page and I’ve always appreciate that it’s there. And then I always remind the client to change their password after I’m done working in their account.

I highly recommend that you go into your Account settings and check out this new security feature to understand it and know how you can use it to help protect your Facebook account.

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Category: Facebook News, Facebook Security