Facebook is launching one-time passwords in an effort to make it safer to log on to the social network from public computers.
Users can text to get a temporary password
It also claims the system will help prevent cyber-criminals accessing users’ accounts.
Users need to text the words ‘otp’ to 32665 and they will be sent a temporary password that will expire after 20 minutes.
But security experts questioned whether the system was safe.
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Facebook announced a revamp of its user privacy controls, responding to widespread public criticism following its f8 conference product launches with systematic changes that it said came out of weeks of nights-and-weekend work by its top engineers and designers. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the release a “modern privacy system” that reflects what the site has become and incorporates feedback from users.
Social network Facebook has said it will offer a one-stop shop for privacy settings in response to user concerns.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted the settings had “gotten complex” for users.
It follows a storm of protest from users over a series of changes on the site that left its members unsure about how public their information had become. (more…)
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