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Recently, Facebook faced criticism for its new ‘Instant Privacy’ feature and changes the company made in its privacy settings. To make up for that, Facebook has now started making changes in the security settings. To block suspicious log-ins, if the Facebook system determines if someone is trying to access an account from an unknown device and asks the individual to answer a verification question to prove their identity. Identifiers could include date of birth, identifying a friend in a photograph or answering a previously-provided security question, Popov wrote. “These questions are designed to be easy for you, and hard for a bad guy, and we’ve already seen some great results,” he said. “Once you’ve confirmed your identity, you’ll have the opportunity to review recent logins on your account and reset your password if you see logins that you don’t recognize.”wrote Lev Popov, a software engineer on Facebook’s site integrity team, in a company blog. Login notifications feature is useful to register devices like computer, mobile phone, iPod, iPad, etc. you use to access Facebook. In case your account is being accessed from somewhere else but the computer or device registered, you’ll get an email or SMS notification about it immediately. The notifications will contain steps to remove that unknown device and reset the password. Login notifications settings can be found under Account Security option on the Account Settings page. The world’s largest social hangout has faced criticism over the way it handles user privacy. Consumer groups recently filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, urging it to investigate Facebook’s privacy practices and force the company to take steps to avoid security breaches. This is a decent enough effort by Facebook to ensure account security to users but still doesn’t directly help the privacy issues that have been raised recently. Facebook security settings revamped is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →