Facebook Introduces One-Time Passwords

angry tapir writes "Worried about logging into Facebook from a strange computer? There's now a way to get into the popular social network without entering your regular Facebook password. It's called a temporary password. To use it, users must list their mobile phone numbers with their Facebook accounts. They can then text a number from their phones and Facebook sends back a temporary password that is good for 20 minutes. The service will be available worldwide in the next few weeks."

Comments

Great idea.

[Timmmm]

Now can we please get one-time credit card authorisation?

texting

[Theoboley]

867-5309 will give you a password of "Jenny"

Real advantage over SSL?

[hcs_$reboot]

Yet another way for a big Internet organization to collect phone numbers.

makes sense

[sakura the mc]

but that limited password better come with limited privledges to protect the account from getting jacked.