Facebook is now a home to more than 800 million members. So it’s the first and the foremost responsibility of the Facebook to protect all user’s personal information. However, several new security features have been added recently to the gaint social network by the Facebook team to ensure that everyone’s personal information is safe. I’ve already written a detailed post on how to use new security features on Facebook. You must read that blog post.
Today Facebook has announced two more security features – Trusted Friends andApplication Passwords – that will make users feel even more secure on the network. Application Password does work like Google’s application specific password. There are tons of third party applications, which aren’t compatible with ‘Login approval’ feature and requires your Facebook credentials in order to use the app. For these 3rd party applications, Facebook now allows you to generate an app password that you can use to securely log into third party applications such as Jabber, Skype, Xbox instead of your Facebook account password. You can play with this new feature by heading over to Facebook security settings and then ‘App Passwords’.
Now let me tell you about ‘Trusted Friends’ and how to use this feature on Facebook. Suppose you have been locked out of Facebook or you account has been hacked, the conventional process to get your account back is using your email address or mobile number to reset the password. The worse is, if both email address and mobile number associated with your Facebook account have been changed what will you do then? In that case, you can use ‘Trusted Friends’ feature. This feature allows you to pick 3-5 friends on Facebook who you most trust, as whenever you are locked out of Facebook, by using this new feature you can tell Facebook to ask your friends that you are the real owner of this profile.
Facebook explained, in the official blog post, the feature as ‘It’s sort of similar to giving a house key to your friends when you go on vacation–pick the friends you most trust in case you need their help in the future’. To get started using this feature, all you need to do is choose the ones you most trust and be careful while choosing them, as you have to rely on them to access Facebook account.
How to set up this feature on Facebook
If you’re interested to know more about how to set up ‘Trusted Friends’ and how it will work afterwards, continue reading the post and follow the steps mentioned below.
1) Go to your account settings on Facebook. On the next page, look out for ‘Security’ option in the left sidebar and click on it. Under security section, click on ‘Trusted Friends’.
2) Next, click on ‘Choose Trusted friends’ and pick friends from the list. I’m again informing you that be careful while choosing friends in this step. Choose only those friends who you most trust. You are allowed to pick 3-5 friends and each will be asked separately that you’re the legitimate owner of the account.
3) Now whenever your Facebook account gets locked out, simply go to ‘Forget your password’ and reset using ‘Trusted friends’ option. Once you opt for ‘Trusted Friends’ option, Facebook will send a unique code to each friend in your ‘Trusted friends’ list. Now it’s time for you to call your friends and collect the unique codes sent to their accounts.
As soon as you get all the unique codes and press the ‘Submit’ button, you are allowed to enter into your Facebook account. This is a very interesting security feature that keeps your more secure on the social network. If you have any questions of any kind about Facebook, I’d surely like to help you. Just drop-in your comments below. Don’t forget to download the Facebook Security Guide that contains more than a dozen tips that will surely help you to know how you can protect your personal information from stalkers.
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