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October 16, 2010

Facebook offers temporary log-ins for public computers

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:25 am

by the BBC

Users can text to get a temporary password Facebook is launching one-time passwords in an effort to make it safer to log on to the social network from public computers. It also claims the system will help prevent cyber-criminals accessing users’ accounts. Users need to text the words ‘otp’ to 32665 and they will be sent a temporary password that will expire after 20 minutes. But security experts questioned whether the system was safe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11535370

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