Facebook announced the overall availability of its
Security Checkup feature, which it has been
testing on a limited userbase for a few months.
This new feature has started rolling out today, and in
the coming weeks it is expected to show up at the top
of news feeds for all of its desktop-based users.
The tool will be displayed as a notification that says
"Stay Secure on Facebook" and users can either
dismiss it or activate it to take advantage of a quick
security inspection.
The Security Checkup tool doesn't include any new,
ground-breaking features, but simply repackages the
settings and options from the classic Settings ->
Security page into a more user appealing popup.
Here three main sections prompt the user to log out
any unused apps or computers, turn on login alerts
for unauthorized devices or browsers, and also
quickly change the account's password.
The whole process has been designed to be very
friendly to non-technical users, includes lots of
images and clear controls, and will introduce newer
users to the security controls from the settings panel,
a place where very few members venture on a
regular basis.
If you'd like to trigger a Security Checkup right away
and you're not seeing the warning popup, this can be
done from a special page in the Facebook Help
section.
Mobile users don't worry, Facebook hasn't forgotten
you, especially after yesterday's 2015 Q2 results, and
will be launching Security Checkup with its mobile
apps pretty soon as well.
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