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by Graham Cluley on April 21, 2011 | Comments (8) FILED UNDER: Data loss, Featured, Mobile, Social networks Amid mounting criticism of Facebook’s attitude to its users’ privacy and safety, the social network has announced that it is introducing a two-factor authentication system in an attempt to prevent unauthorised logins to accounts.

The idea is that if you log into your Facebook account from a computer or mobile device that Facebook doesn’t recognise as one that you have used before to access the website, then you’ll have to enter a code to confirm you are who you say you are.”

 

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