While Instagram adds an identification with his photo service feature, Facebook it offers from Thursday to recover the password of his account with his friends "trusted" on the social network.
Facebook has begun to develop a device for its members who have forgotten their password to regain access to their profile with the help of their "friends", the contacts they have forged over the network.
Facebook users can now designate among their friends, in a dedicated menu, a list of "trusted contacts", the closest they can reach outside the network, by telephone or in person, for example. Each of them will get the appropriate security code. Three of these codes will be needed to access the account.
"With the trusted contacts, we no longer need to remember the answer to the security question, or fill out lengthy forms online to prove who you are," said Facebook in one of his blogs. "We just call her trusted contacts and tell them we need help to regain access to his account," he added.
Facebook claims a little over one billion monthly active members.
Facebook has begun to develop a device for its members who have forgotten their password to regain access to their profile with the help of their "friends", the contacts they have forged over the network.
Facebook users can now designate among their friends, in a dedicated menu, a list of "trusted contacts", the closest they can reach outside the network, by telephone or in person, for example. Each of them will get the appropriate security code. Three of these codes will be needed to access the account.
"With the trusted contacts, we no longer need to remember the answer to the security question, or fill out lengthy forms online to prove who you are," said Facebook in one of his blogs. "We just call her trusted contacts and tell them we need help to regain access to his account," he added.
Facebook claims a little over one billion monthly active members.
