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Facebook now lets you log in with a key to boost security

January 27, 2017

Via: DailyMail
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Facebook has introduced new security measures that allow account holders to use a physical key to access their social network profile.

The social media firm has announced it now supports the FIDO U2F security key – a physical key that’s plugged into the USB-port on a computer and is tapped to confirm login, alongside a password to open Facebook.

Facebook says that using the key will make accounts ‘immune’ to hackers.

Mobile users will also be able to use NFC (near-field communication) technology – the same software that powers contactless services – to connect the key with some Android devices.

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