The Security Risks Of Login With Facebook – Review

You might have wondered that sometimes even offline apps request you to enter your Facebook login ID and password. And sometimes you enters all your credentials. So, beware, It might be a Trap for you to store your password and login credentials in their storage servers. No one can say that Facebook servers are secured. There are some bugs that reveal your password openly. There are some apps which can be downloaded from some unauthorised resources and steals your password. And in this article you will get to know how to avoid the security risks and an Introduction to these treats.

 

 

 

Facebook Login Encryption Explained :

For The Demo Purpose, we are using a FAKE or Un-existed Website, say newsreader.com. Now, when you entered the Website, it asked you to Login/Signup. You don’t have an account there. So, you choose Signup.

Now, the Webpage will take you to a signup page, where there will be option to Login With Facebook.

By using Facebook or Google to sign in, you completely rely upon those services to complete the signup process for you and manage your account.

Now, Whenever you clicks upon the sign in/Login option ,sends you to Facebook or Google, and you sign in with them. Facebook or Google then send a token back to the site. And, when the TOKEN MATCHES with the one’s which is stored in Facebook server. It allows you to get into the Website.

So, in this way it works in every webpage. In case of Android Apps the same process takes place.

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What Security Risks are present, while Signing in with Facebook?

There are certain threats involved when you login with your Facebook Account in an Unauthorized webpage or app. We have divided it in 3 Major Categories, Which are as follows :

• The first major problem is that, The Facebook has an algorithm which collects a very large amount of data from it’s users whenever they login. Not only this, but also Facebook uses their Friends Preferences and Analyzes your daily searches and Liked Photos or videos to provide you ads.
  

 

• Whenever, a person login with Facebook he/she grants the Permission to access his/her account in any way. I have seen a number if people linking their accounts on each and every app which requests such permission.

 

• According to a recent Report, Whenever a user grants a website or app access to their social media profile, they are not only trusting that website, but also third parties embedded on that site. For example – If you’re using a web service, they can send posts to your fb account without your permission.

 

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So, You can start from now on wards to take back control of your private data and start kicking out all the Hungry Spy. One can do so by using a password manager instead of Facebook to log in…

–>  Password managers keep in mind all of your completely different passwords, personal details, and payment information and showing intelligence fill in this data on your desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device. They not only have the complete convenience of securely Login With Facebook, however they’re safer as well. And whereas they don’t shield you from 100 percent of the risks related to Facebook Authentication. But, i should say that they’re the most powerful as well as secure way to manage access to all your accounts. And hindering all the trouble for you on just few clicks…

 

The Best Password Manager For You : GOOGLE PASSWORD MANAGER

 

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Conclusion :

Overall, I am not saying that don’t login with Facebook on each and every web service or app. But, use your mind and think twice that If the app is legal or a FAKE one. We are here for you, comment down if you need our assistance at any phase. So that’s all for today guys we will meet you in another Tech article. If you haven’t subscribe newsletter kindly go for it. Till then goodbye…

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