The Trusted Contacts function allows you to call friends to recover access to a Facebook account.
Facebook has already tested such an option in the past. Now, the social network no longer talks of trusted friends but rather Trusted Contacts. This security function which allows you to access an account has been reworked and improved.
The user can choose between three and five friends who can be contacted if they have difficulty accessing their Facebook account. A typical example is a forgotten password. Friends can be set as Trusted Contacts, with each to receive a special code.
Entering the code from three of these contacts will provide you with access to your account. "You should call your friends and speak to them in person. We want to be sure that no one hijacks your Facebook account and steals your identity (by sending messages to your friends to obtain their secret codes)", states Facebook.
With Trusted Contacts, Facebook puts forward that it isn’t necessary to answer the security questions or complete web forms to prove your identity. "You can recover your password with the help of your friends."
Trusted contacts have been added to the Security Settings, in a dedicated section. Compared to the function launched in late 2011, users have more control over the management of the contacts trusted with the codes, with more information made available.
You have to be sure of the contacts you select to be your trusted contacts. If you don’t have any friends that can be used for this role, it is probably better to remain with the security questions. It is nevertheless funny to see that Facebook has expanded their social relations ideology into security.
-GNT
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