Facebook To Users: Pay Attention, This Is About Security

Since Facebook users did such a bang-up job participating in its vote on proposed revisions to its statement of rights and responsibilities and data use policy, with a whopping 0.038 percent of them participating, the social network will take another step toward ramping up awareness of its security options by making sure each of its more than 900 million monthly average users sees a link at the top of their news feeds urging them to “Stay in control of your account by following these simple security tips.”

Since Facebook users did such a bang-up job participating in its vote on proposed revisions to its statement of rights and responsibilities and data use policy, with a whopping 0.038 percent of them participating, the social network will take another step toward ramping up awareness of its security options by making sure each of its more than 900 million monthly average users sees a link at the top of their news feeds urging them to “Stay in control of your account by following these simple security tips.”

Clicking on the link takes users to the Security on Facebook page, which offers information on topics including detecting scams, choosing secure passwords, and confirming mobile phone numbers.

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