Trendy.- The company Meta (formerly Facebook), has taken steps to ensure that users most at risk of being hacked do not lose their accounts to bad actors. The social network updated its Protect program which was designed to provide additional security features to human rights activists, politicians, journalists and other users at risk.
Facebook Protect arrives in Mexico
In this way, Meta expanded its Facebook Protect program designed to prevent cyberattacks against vulnerable people to several countries, including Mexico.
Likewise, the company indicated that the program will notify activists, journalists and public servants who are eligible within the social network Facebook to register and activate the two-step authentication of their account.
“Additionally, your accounts will be protected against hacking attempts, including monitoring access from unusual locations or unauthorized devices,” Meta said in a statement.
It should be noted that this option has had little impact on the Internet, so Facebook Protect decided to make the process easier to improve the user experience and support.
In a press call with journalists, Facebook announced that it will begin requiring users who are part of the program to activate two-factor authentication.
The website will begin rolling out the new rule worldwide in the coming months; For members in the United States, the requirement will go into effect sometime in mid-to-late February.
Using two factors to stay safe
Facebook explained that it worked to make enrollment and two-factor usage on its website “as easy as possible for these groups of people by providing a better user experience and support.”
He admitted that it may take time for all users to be able to comply with the new rule, as not everyone is actively using his platform. But Facebook and its parent company seem to be satisfied with what they had seen in the first tests.
So far more than 1.5 million users had signed up for the program and 950,000 had already activated 2FA, an underused feature on the platform, with only four percent of monthly website users enabling it. Still, there are no plans to require people outside the Protect program to turn it on.
Source: El Universal
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