Comments on: Is The New “One Time Password” Feature From Facebook Another Privacy Issue Waiting To Happen?

By: Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:08:00 +0000

I didn’t have to provide this when I set up my Gmail account about 4 years ago. Of course back then it was based on an invite system.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:58:00 +0000

It is a catch 22 – they are providing a new secure way for you to protect your account and at the same time you have to give them your cell phone number. For a lot of people the risk of accounts being stolen etc. that used to happen a lot on public computers will be removed, perhaps at a cost?

By: Clifford Tan

Clifford Tan — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:57:00 +0000

If FaceBook uses this strategy, than they are probably too late. Remember how Google got all our cell number when they start sending you SMS to authorize when setting up your gmail account.

By: Gpshark

Gpshark — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:13:00 +0000

I think facebook and everything out there has more than enough info on me and it is only getting worse soon everyone will have some kind of chip with gps so there will be no escape sounds funny but I bet it will happen.

By: Kidd

Kidd — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:44:00 +0000

I’m not paranoid about security, but I try not to publish certain information, like my phone number, or GPS location. I’ll never give Facebook my number, because even if I tell them it’s ‘private’ information, they can change their privacy policies, and my default settings at any time. It’s probably in the disclosure when you start a Facebook account that they are allowed to do this. If they were a company that had a reputation for respecting user’s privacy, I might try this. As it stands, I keep my profile fairly private, giving me control over who can view my information and how much of it strangers have access to.