Social-Media
Users should set up a physical security key to connect to Facebook on their mobile devices.
To log into their Facebook account on mobile, users can now set up two-factor authentication with a physical security key.
Since 2017, the social media giant has enabled users to set up two-factor authentication on their desktops using a physical security key. It's now bringing the feature to mobile devices.
Facebook revealed in a blog post that “you can set up two-factor authentication and log into Facebook on iOS and Android mobile devices using a security key — open to everyone in the world.”
“Physical security keys — which can be small enough to fit on your keychain — notify you each time someone tries accessing your Facebook account from a browser or mobile device we don’t recognize. We ask you to confirm it’s you with your key, which attackers don’t have,” it explained.
When signing in, two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of protection to avoid unauthorised access to an account. In most cases, two-factor authentication may be set up with a text message code, an authentication app, or a security key.
Within the Protection and Login section of your Facebook Settings, users can enroll their security key in two-factor authentication.
Twitter and other big networks are now adding support for physical security keys.
Twitter revealed earlier this week that users would be able to encrypt their accounts with multiple security keys on both mobile and online.
Use several security keys to protect your account (and that alt). On both mobile and online, you can now enroll and login with multiple physical keys, it had said.
In December of last year, the microblogging site updated its two-factor authentication function to enable users to log in with their physical security key on the Twitter app for phones.
