Facebook comes with new tools to tighten security

Facebook has become so addictive to the user that day by day its popularity and usage is achieving new heights. There are 800 million active user of on single social networking according to company. Saying with this they also showed concerned over the security issue faced by these active users.

As a Security Enhancement, facebook has come up two new security features.

First is “App password”. This will be an additional layer in the facebook password security. At time of login a text message will be sent to your mobile and by providing unique code one will be able to complete the login procedure. This is two-factor authentication. This can stop hackers who have stolen the passwords but if someone opt for this facility this would be an additional overhead always.

Second is “Trusted Friends”. In case of recovering the password, if user is not able retrieve the password via Email then facebook will keep some preselected group of people from the friend list who can pass on the codes to you.

This is security statistics populated by the facebook. Facebook report says that 4% of shared links are spam. Adding to this they say that only one in two hundred user face the spam in a day. They convey that facebook is too much secured social networking and they are too smartly handling facebook security.