Facebook To Add Remote Logout 145
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timothy
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from the best-not-get-hacked dept.
angry tapir writes "Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts. The social-networking company is rolling out a new security feature that lets users see which computers and devices are logged into their Facebook accounts, and then removing the ones that they don't want to have access."
Re:Not thought out very well. (Score:3, Informative)
It's opt-in, sadly. More here [facebook.com]. I've also noticed that if you log in from a new geographical location, it forces you to go through an authentication process from a browser. It won't allow any API use from the new location until that's complete.
Re:Stating the obvious... (Score:2, Informative)
Each user is quizzed on facts about their friends that happen to be online (the account is locked to prevent you looking that stuff up) and whoever knows the least stuff about their friends gets kicked. The online friends judge which is the real user
Facebook already has something like this implemented if you log in from somewhere "unfamiliar". Not sure exactly how far you have to be from home, but when I went on vacation to another country and tried to log in I got prompted to identify 7 friends tagged in different photos. Any wrong answer would have kicked me out
Re:Stating the obvious... (Score:1, Informative)
They still *do* ask for your email accounts and passwords. So they can do you a "favor" and find all your "friends".
Re:Stating the obvious... (Score:3, Informative)
1. adjust the account email address to something at your choice. Potentially, follow this by a change of the password for that account.
You know, this can't actually result in an account takeover. Facebook implements a reasonably secure e-mail address change feature - all your existing e-mail addresses are notified and given the option to prevent the change.