Facebook plans to require two-factor authentication for all users in the near future. If an account is at risk of being hacked, the social media business is considering making two-factor authentication essential. Human rights activists, journalists, and government officials are among those in the “high-risk” group. Enabling two-factor authentication provides an additional degree of protection for accounts.
The new technology will be sent out as part of Facebook Protect, the company’s increased security initiative. In order to secure the accounts of those who may be at danger of losing their credentials to cyber thieves, the application has been created. The social networking app is also experimenting with making the function available to everyone. It’s not going to happen in the near future, but
This is a critical component of any user’s online security, thus we want to make it as simple to implement 2FA as feasible. We need to go beyond promoting 2FA awareness or enticing people to sign up. For their own safety, members of this community should enable two-factor authentication (2FA).” TechCrunch spoke with Facebook’s Head of Security Policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, about the new function.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is required for accounts that fall into the “high risk” category. By failing to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) before the expiration date, high-risk Facebook accounts will be locked out of their accounts. Even if a user’s Facebook account is temporarily suspended, turning on 2FA is the only way to recover access to your account.
Among the 1.5 million Facebook Protect accounts, 9,50,000 have activated two-factor authentication. More than 50 nations, including India, the United States, and Portugal, will be included to Facebook’s two-factor authentication system by year’s end.
For those who want two-factor authentication on Facebook, here’s how to do it.
- Go to Facebook and sign in with your account.
- The Edit option may be found under the security and login section of the app.
- Follow the on-screen prompts to add the security mechanism you desire.
- Once you’ve completed the two-factor authentication setup on Facebook, click the Finish button.
