Not many companies these days have been as good as Facebook at keeping their name out of the headlines for security breaches, and this in large part is due to the work of its security team — headed by Alex Stamos.
Facebook has added many security features over the years, things like two-factor authentication, unrecognized browser login notices, and more, but one of the biggest security flaws for Stamos and his team concerns passwords. Many people are lazy with their passwords, using the same one everywhere or picking easy-to-guess combinations like 1234567, and while Facebook’s team has developed the above security measures to help make even accounts with weak passwords safe, the fact is that many Facebook users don’t make use of them.
During Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Stamos noted this weak point in security and talked about the responsibility of the social network to protect all accounts on Facebook, even the ones who don’t make use of all the security features. “The reuse of passwords is the number one cause of harm on the internet,” Stamos said at the conference. For the full article click here
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