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Facebook Expands Safety and Privacy to Enhance Security
Apr 21, 2011
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Living up to the promises it made in an announcement at President Obama’s White House Conference on Bullying Prevention last month, a day after security firm Sophos sent Facebook an open letter addressing privacy issues, Facebook has introduced the following set of new safety & security features:
- Two Factor Authentication: This is a new feature that will be turned off by default. If you turn it on, Facebook will ask you to enter a code anytime you log in from a new device.
- Improved HTTPS: Facebook added HTTPS support in January, which makes it harder for someone on a public WiFi network to hijack your data. Now if you start using a non-HTTPS application while in HTTPS mode, Facebook will automatically switch you back to HTTPS mode when you’re finished.
- Expanded Social Reporting Tool: Facebook’s new social reporting tool brings community members into the mix when dealing with bullying or other violations of Facebook’s terms of service. The features allows users to send a private message to the person who posted the offensive content or — if they want to report the content to Facebook — to include trusted authority figures as contacts in the report. Previously, the feature was only included for photos and wall posts. Now it is available on profiles, pages and groups as well.
- Family Safety Center redesign: Facebook’s safety center got a makeover that highlights the site’s safety philosophy, community, and tools and resources like account settings. As in the previous versions, resources for Parents, Teachers, Teens and Law Enforcement are also highlighted. Facebook wrote on its official blog that it also plans to add a free, downloadable guide for teachers who want to use social media in the classroom. Considering that most schools block Facebook on their computers, we’re curious to see what the guide suggests.
Here's a video featuring some of the team members who work on safety at Facebook, many of whom are also parents.
Also read our complete guide to Facebook Security, in order to protect your Facebook Account from hackers.
[Via: Mashable]
