Fortifying Facebook: security settings you need to know

In this video tutorial, we explore the Facebook settings pages, explaining what each feature does and showing users how to securely configure their profiles

This is the first part of a two-part video tutorial series we will be publishing over the next few days, in which we explore Facebook’s various privacy and security settings in ten minutes or less. Today we are going to take a look at the security features offered by the world’s largest social network, explaining what each of the features does and offering advice on how to securely configure your Facebook profile. Part two of the series should be published in the next few days, and it will focus primarily on how you can use Facebook in as private a manner as possible.

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Cracked in under a minute: (nearly) every other password

We’ve revisited our study on the crackability of real-world passwords leaked on the dark web — originally conducted two years ago. The findings are sobering: nearly every other password can be cracked in under a minute, and three out of five take less than an hour. How can we move away from insecure passwords?

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