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"Facebook is releasing a new method for accessing your account when you lose your password: a little help from \"trusted friends.\"\nThe social network says it is testing a new tool in the coming weeks that will let you designate three to five friends you trust. If you forget your password or can't access your email, Facebook will send your friends a code that they can pass along to you. \nWe've probably all been there: You forget your password and have to go through the \"Forget your password?\" process of waiting for a new one to arrive by email. Or, if we use Facebook's comparison, you lock yourself out of your house \u2014 and now can go to a friend who has a spare key. Your spare key for Facebook is the code.\nThe new system doesn't actually seem more efficient than the usual route if you've simply forgotten your password, but if for instance your account has been hacked and you've been locked out of your email, this is a new solution. It adds a new layer of security (the feature was announced for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month), too, since your friends can verify your identity more easily than any automated email. \nSecurity firm Sophos points out, though, that a hacker could also remove or change your trusted friends settings and render the feature useless. \nTo set up \"trusted friends,\" go to your Security Settings Page (Account &gt; Account Settings &gt; Security), and click on the Trusted Friends section. From there, you can scroll through your friends and choose up to five. (You may not have access to this just yet \u2014 this section doesn't appear in my settings.)\n\nSEE ALSO: Facebook Privacy: 10 Settings Every User Needs to Know\nFacebook offers similar, lesser-known security tools as well, like being able to log out of your account remotely and receive a temporary password for accessing public computers. \nThe social network also announced this week a new option to use different passwords for third-party apps. To set this up, go to Account Settings, and in the Security tab, go to the App Passwords section. \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, malerapaso\nBONUS: A Guide to Facebook's Privacy Settings\nFacebook launched new privacy settings in August of this year.  Here's how to use them.\n\n\nFacebook's New Privacy Features\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrivacy Controls: Profile Editing\nYou can edit the visibility of individual parts of your profiles right from the profile editing page. In the past, this had to be done from the Privacy Settings page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTag Approvals\nFacebook has implemented tag approvals. You now need to approve location or photo tags before they appear on your Facebook profile. This feature can be turned off.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Tag Approvals\nYou can accept or reject photo tags right from the photo page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView Profile As\nThe \"View Profile As\" feature, which lets you see your Facebook Profile page as one of your friends, is now prominently placed on your profile page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreater Control of Status Updates\nFacebook has made it easier to understand who sees your published content. Icons indicate whether a status update will be public, appear only to friends or has been customized for a friend group or list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdding Locations to Status Updates\nPlaces has been integrated into Facebook's Publisher Bar. The result is that location is more prominent in Facebook. The mobile apps will now have a \"Nearby\" icon that replaces the old \"Places\" icon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Control Over Photo Privacy\nWhen untagging yourself from a photo, you will also be given the option to request the photo be taken down or block that person entirely.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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