Facebook on October 13, 2010 at 1:43am announced feature which would help users to protect their account more securely. The feature includes the ability for people to request a one time password for use on public computers.
"First, we're launching one-time passwords to make it safer to use public computers in places like hotels, cafes or airports. If you have any concerns about security of the computer you're using while accessing Facebook, we can text you a one-time password to use instead of your regular password. " The company said in a blog post.
To receive the one time password just text "otp" to 32665 from a mobile phone(U.S.Only). You have to have already confirmed that the phone is yours on your Facebook account. The one-time password will expire after 20 minutes.
Facebook is rolling the feature out gradually, and it should be available to everyone in the coming weeks.
Secondly the company has also introduced, the ability to sign out of Facebook remotely is now available to everyone. These session controls can be useful if you log into Facebook from a friend's phone or computer and then forget to sign out. From your Account Settings, you can check if you're still logged in on other devices and remotely log out. The company began rolling the feature out last month.
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