To fight against the hijacking of accounts on social network Facebook announced that it would implement in the coming weeks two new protections for its users. The first of these innovations, particularly for users who are afraid to use a monitored connection: they can now go through the https protocol, notably used by banks online, to connect to Facebook.
Google has also introduced a version last year https his search engine. The social network will also establish a new identity verification system, called "Social Authentication". "If we detect suspicious activity on your account - for example, if you logged into California the morning, and in Australia a few hours later - we may ask you to confirm your identity, to verify that your account has not been hijacked, "says the company.
To verify that the person is connected account holder, Facebook will offer a test based on the content of the page, asking for the identification of five friends on the photos. "Pirates on the other end of the world can possibly get hold of your password, but they do not know your friends," explains the company.
TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR TUNISIA These two levels of protection are strictly identical to the tools developed by early January flights to Facebook users in Tunisia. Faced with massive theft of passwords charged by the Ben Ali government, Facebook claims to have established a disaster an authentication system and a generalization of the Social Protocol https for counter surveillance authorities.
Flights passwords, however, were not new, the Tunisian police had been practicing for several months before the hijackings increased from December. This announcement comes just days after several hijackings accounts figures. The Facebook page of Nicolas Sarkozy has been diverted on two occasions with a message announcing that the President would not seek a second term.
Tuesday is the "fan page" Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's own founder, who was briefly diverted to display a message calling the company to more social responsibility. 
Google has also introduced a version last year https his search engine. The social network will also establish a new identity verification system, called "Social Authentication". "If we detect suspicious activity on your account - for example, if you logged into California the morning, and in Australia a few hours later - we may ask you to confirm your identity, to verify that your account has not been hijacked, "says the company.
To verify that the person is connected account holder, Facebook will offer a test based on the content of the page, asking for the identification of five friends on the photos. "Pirates on the other end of the world can possibly get hold of your password, but they do not know your friends," explains the company.
TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR TUNISIA These two levels of protection are strictly identical to the tools developed by early January flights to Facebook users in Tunisia. Faced with massive theft of passwords charged by the Ben Ali government, Facebook claims to have established a disaster an authentication system and a generalization of the Social Protocol https for counter surveillance authorities.
Flights passwords, however, were not new, the Tunisian police had been practicing for several months before the hijackings increased from December. This announcement comes just days after several hijackings accounts figures. The Facebook page of Nicolas Sarkozy has been diverted on two occasions with a message announcing that the President would not seek a second term.
Tuesday is the "fan page" Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's own founder, who was briefly diverted to display a message calling the company to more social responsibility.
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