Why Tagged Facebook Photos (Sometimes) Fail as a Security Check
Submitted by admin on January 24, 2012 – 7:40 amNo Comment
Here’s a funny example of a photo-based security feature gone wrong: starting in May, Facebook started doing user verification checks when logging in from an unfamiliar computer in order to make sure it’s actually the account owner logging in. The verification checks are photo-based, and involve correctly naming people you have listed as friends. Unfortunately, [...]
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