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Facebook taps into NFC in Android phones for strong account security |
January 27, 2017
We hear a lot about 2-factor authentication these days, an invaluable way to protect your account from someone who has stolen your password, but there’s an inherent wrinkle built into the system: SMS. Most 2FA setups use text messages to deliver a one-time code sent to your phone, but there can be issues with that system. For one, it requires a cell connection, and for another texts can be intercepted.Granted, this is a small window of opportunity for hackers, but Facebook wants to close it all the way. To secure accounts even further, it has begun rolling out support for security keys into its account login protection, eliminating SMS from the equation and letting users lock down their accounts with a fast, foolproof 2FA method. And for Android users with one of the newer NFC-capable phones, it’s even easier.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3161839/android/facebook-taps-into-nfc-in-android-phones-for-strong-account-security.html#tk.rss_all
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