Sunday May 16, 2010
Facebook is launching new security features to combat cyber attacks, scams and spam, according to foreign news agency Associated Press.The new security features come as the giant social network site faces growing criticism over the way it handled users' privacy - in which users are pushed to share more about themselves with one another and the outside world.
Facebook is said to be a magnet for Internet criminals looking to steal users' passwords and other personal information.
Under the new security measures, users will reportedly be able to request for notification by e-mail or text message when their account is accessed from a computer or mobile device they have not used before.
However, for those who travel a lot, Facebook assures that their log-in attempt can be done without any hassle.
Facebook says that it also plans to add roadblocks for any “unusual” activity detected, such as simultaneous log-ins from opposite sides of the world.
A proposed notification method, it was reported, is that users will be shown a photo with their friends tagged and be asked to correctly identify who they are before the second log-in goes through.
Users will also be able to check where the latest log-ins have come from. This is similar to a feature Google offers on its Gmail service, where users can view the date, time and location of the most recent log-ins to their account.
However, some of these changes are still being tested, so the new features will be rolled out gradually over the next few weeks, says Facebook.
Source & Credit to : http://thestar.com.my
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