Facebook: Stay tuned, stay secured
The fact is that Facebook has been accused numerous times for incomplete security policies. Unfortunately for its blamers, they can no longer accuse the most famous social network because a wave of new updates has been released during the last months and most of the security issues have been solved in the name of the user!
Now, Facebook has gave to the user more control over what information the applications are allowed to access, created new groups in order to let the user communicate in private and provided new access to mobile privacy settings.
The changes made by the Facebook are enough for most of the users in order to restore their faith. For those who still remain skeptical there are some more issues to be solved and some others which need the users concern in order to be avoided.
Unique passwords
Working online and login while traveling by using public wireless networks may affect your account in the bad way. When you are in cafeterias, airports or in the hotel logged in your Facebook account, many security issues may occur as you are vulnerable to all kinds of attacks. In order to enhance the security of your account, Facebook offers one-time passwords to its users.
The procedure is very simple as you can select from the settings of your account to receive one-time passwords by SMS. In that case if an attacker gets the credentials of the user he cannot use them because the one-time password is only for one login.
Remote access
Many times we check our Facebook profile while we are at work or at a friend’s house. If a user forgets to sign out of his account, that is no longer a problem. You can simply choose from your Account Settings to sign out from your account remotely, by using a different device, other the one you used to sign in.
Furthermore, you can enable from the Account Settings to get notifications by e-mail or SMS if a new device or PC signs into your account.
Also you have the ability to remove any devices that seem inappropriate as you can now see the exact location and time that your account has been accessed.
Suspicious about games
Numerous advertising and Internet tracking companies have found that millions of users play games on their Facebook accounts, such as the famous FarmVille, Texas HoldEm and FrontierVille. These companies break Facebook’s security rules and obtain personal information for their own benefit, by taking advantage of the popularity of these games.
At last, Facebook has made many changes according security issues but users still need to be worried about their accounts security especially when using games and applications.
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