Facebook Authentication App : Security and hacking issues are rampant in social media. Here are your options for recovery and future protection in case your Facebook account gets hacked.

If you think a password is enough to protect your account, think again. In the age of cybercrime and high-tech hackers, you need something more sophisticated. You need two-factor authentication (2FA).

Facebook Authentication App | How To Access The Facebook Code Generator

Code Generator is a convenient way to access two-factor authentication codes without a mobile number. The tool will come in handy when you’re traveling or don’t have mobile reception. Code Generator is available inside the Facebook app for iOS and Android. The Windows Store app mimics the Facebook website and doesn’t include Code Generator.

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To access the Facebook Code Generator from Android or iOS, open the Facebook app, click the hamburger icon in the top right, scroll down, expand the Settings & Privacy menu, and select Code Generator. Here you’ll see the tool run through new security codes every 30 or 60 seconds.

What is two-factor authentication?

The process adds an extra security layer to your account, making it much harder for malicious actors to attack and steal your data. To access a profile protected with 2FA, you need two elements:

1. Something you know (a password or pin code)
2. Something you have (access to a specific device)

With 2FA, every time you want to log in to your account, you will first be asked to enter your password. Then, a one-time code will automatically be sent to your mobile phone; if you can prove that you’re also the device owner, you can log in.

Even if a cybercriminal acquires your password and tries to break into your account, they will need to have physical access to your phone as well.

How is 2FA different from 2SV?

If you already have two-step verification (2SV), is two-factor authentication necessary? The answer is yes.

Although 2SV also offers some additional layers of protection, it doesn’t necessarily require the “something you have” part. In order to access your account when 2SV is on, you can use either two USB security keys, two passwords, or a combination of a password and a security question.

The main difference between these two is pretty simple:

• If you use 2FA, the bad actor who wants to hack your account will have to pull off two types of theft: they will need to steal your physical device (“something you have”) and your password (“something you know”).
• If you rely on 2SV, the hacker will only need to commit one type of crime, multiple times. He just needs to steal your information — your password and the answer to your security question, for example. If he’s using spyware or extorting a data breach, he may already have both.

Although both of these security measures add an additional level of safety to your account and should be used wherever possible, 2FA offers more benefits. Needless to say – any form of protection is better than none.

How to edit and delete third party apps on Facebook – Facebook Authentication App

Head to the Settings page through your Facebook account by clicking on the downward facing arrow on the top right corner of the screen. Now select the Apps tab from the Settings menu. Here you will see all the apps you are logged into using Facebook. Scrolling over the apps will display the edit and remove options. Clicking on the edit option will display all the permissions given to the third party app via Facebook. Your public profile is a default permission which cannot be edited out. You can remove certain permissions or delete the app completely, however, your Facebook data already stored by the third party app can be retained by the developers and you can only dream of getting it removed after contacting the makers of app. So at no point can you stop the third party app from accessing the data it already received from Facebook (which is exactly what’s wrong with Facebook’s privacy policy).

What to do after deleting Facebook logins for third party apps?

Unfortunately, if you permanently delete your Facebook account, you will have to create new login credentials on all the third party apps and services that were logged in through your Facebook credentials. In some cases, apps may allow you to change your login credentials and add an email address in place of your Facebook details. Sadly, in many cases you will have to create a new user account and have no way of only delinking your Facebook login. As the famous saying goes…you can get out, but you can never leave.

How does two-factor authentication make your account more secure?

1. The idea is that you’re adding a confirmatory step to your sign in attempt. Using the SMS example, it means no one can log into the account in question from a new device, even if they have your password.
2. When someone tries to log into your account from a new device, or even new browser, with your password, when they hit “enter” or “submit”, it’ll take them to a new screen asking for a code. This code has been sent to the registered mobile number as an SMS.
3. Some apps that use notifications also send you a code. But increasingly, apps are just sending a notification to your key devices so you can just confirm it was you signing in (in ther words, there’s no code)