CALIFORNIA - Facebook announced new security features designed to preventattackers are lurking users through social networking site search via the publicInternet network.
Users can browse up with "HTTPS," an encrypted protocol which preventsunauthorized piracy that can steal personal information and data.
"Facebook is currently using HTTPS, that every time your password will be sent to us,but today we are expanding the use of in order to help keep your data more secure,"wrote Alex Rice, a security engineer for Facebook, as quoted by Cellular News,Friday (28/01/2011).
"You should consider enabling this option if you have used up from the public Internetaccess points such as found in internet cafes, airports, libraries or schools," he saidagain.
But he warned that, even if the user is using HTTPS, can cause pages to load at a slower rate and that some third-party applications may not be compatible with theprotocol.
At a certain point, HTTPS will be offered as the default settings for all users. Google announced a similar initiative for the Gmail service which is roughly a year ago.
Users can browse up with "HTTPS," an encrypted protocol which preventsunauthorized piracy that can steal personal information and data.
"Facebook is currently using HTTPS, that every time your password will be sent to us,but today we are expanding the use of in order to help keep your data more secure,"wrote Alex Rice, a security engineer for Facebook, as quoted by Cellular News,Friday (28/01/2011).
"You should consider enabling this option if you have used up from the public Internetaccess points such as found in internet cafes, airports, libraries or schools," he saidagain.
But he warned that, even if the user is using HTTPS, can cause pages to load at a slower rate and that some third-party applications may not be compatible with theprotocol.
At a certain point, HTTPS will be offered as the default settings for all users. Google announced a similar initiative for the Gmail service which is roughly a year ago.
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