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QR codes chosen over biometrics by Facebook

06/23/201406/21/2014 Jesse Collins

In the greatly desirable move to eventually step away from password use, the company is rejecting bio-based sign ins. Gregg Stefancik, a Facebook engineer, has now revealed that while he would like to eventually bring the social media company away from its reliance on traditional passwords for security, he would find that QR codes are a far superior replacement, particularly when compared to biometrics, which are being considered – and already used – by other companies. In fact, Stefancik was greatly and vocally opposed to the use of biometrics for…

Facebook’s latest feature additions

09/27/201109/27/2011 L. Green

Over the last few weeks, the Facebook social networking platform has made the most aggressive changes in its history. It now offers its users features such as the Ticker, which is a real-time news feed of a user’s “friend” activity. Similarly, the Timeline feature was added last week in order to make it easier for users to access their older posts. There has been a significant amount of misunderstanding about the changes that have been made. Some of the clarifications that may be necessary include the following: • The Ticker…