News You can Use: Facebook Adds Trusted Contacts To Reset Passwords When Needed

Facebook recently added a new feature that will send a password reset command to a set of  pre-determined 'trusted friends." This feature is coming in handy already in closed societies and countries where activists under threat of arrest and facebook hacks.  The feature allows a Facebook user to pre-determine a set of "trusted contacts" in the security settings. Once trusted contacts are set up, if a user has trouble accessing her account (such as in case of arrest or hack), she can call on these trusted contacts and receive a security code from them to regain access to the account.  A user would need three security codes from trusted friends to regain access to the account which would, in theory, minimize any threats to those trusted friends by adversaries.  

Trusted friends are accessible in the Facebook Security Settings. We also encourage activists to check out www.facebook.com/hacked in case you suspect that your account might be compromised.