Users of social networks, who have
forgotten their password, get another option for its restoration. You
can select particular trusted Facebook friends and get help from them in case of problems in order to regain access to their account.
The early as 2011 as “Trusted Friends”
tested function is now being implemented in an expanded form as “Trusted
Contacts”. They should be gradually introduced worldwide and is
apparently planned for All, as “Trusted contacts”
already in the help section of Facebook are mentioned. The friends are
therefore in the security settings section select “Trusted contacts”,
and the list can be edited later.
Facebook recommends choosing good
friends, which would also leave at any time to spare key to his
apartment. They should also be possible not only accessible via the
social network, but also phone or in person – to actually be able to
help if the application should fail. In this case, the user must contact
the friends who receive security codes and other instructions from
Facebook.
The successful password recovery with
this option, only possible when three friends of the selected security
codes submit. As “Trusted contacts” three to five friends can be
determined. “The more friends you choose, the more people can help you
if it is necessary,” advises the social network.
“With Trusted contacts you need not
worry about impressing the security question or fill in long web forms
to prove who you are you,” it said. But Facebook is obviously clear that
the new option could also prove to be a new vulnerability and
facilitate attacks.
“Make sure that you call your friends or
yourself personally meet with them,” the company warned. “We want to
make sure that no one gets access to your Facebook account by pretending
to be for you (for example by e-mail to your friends to ask for the
security code).”
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