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Facebook Adds Two-Factor Authentication

Posted by timothy on from the your-name-and-your-real-name dept.

angry tapir writes "To help its hundreds of millions of users prevent unauthorized access to their accounts, Facebook has added an optional verification step to its log-in process. The new security feature, called Login Approvals, is a form of two-factor authentication."

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  1. Security? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's like putting a steel door on a straw house...

  2. Let me guess... by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Facebook, so the two factors are username and password.

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    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  3. Extra layer of security by ray_mccrae · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard that the two form authentication will involve both your password and verification that you've posted a derogatory story about Google to your blog.