Account Recovery news and trends

Facebook Enables Account Recovery For GitHub Users
Security & Fraud // April 19, 2017

Forgotten passwords are a daily occurrence for people around the world. With so many accounts from email to social media profiles to movie streaming apps and more, it can be tough to keep track of every password for every site. In an effort to help...

Facebook Rolls Out Delegated Recovery To Circumvent Email
Facebook // January 31, 2017

Facebook wants to improve the process to recover an account other than via email, announcing an account recovery system for website operators called Delegated Recovery. According to a report by TechCrunch, Facebook security engineer Brad Hill unveiled the new feature at the USENIX Enigma conference, saying...

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Biometrics and Smartphones Make Life Without Passwords a Reality

February 15, 2023
Thus far into 2023, “passwordless” remains among the buzziest of buzzwords in identity authentication. Nicole Jass, chief product officer at Prove Identity, told PYMNTS that despite the burgeoning popularity of biometrics and other advanced authentication methods, passwords are still overwhelmingly — perhaps even surprisingly — prevalent. That’s evident in the fact that roughly 80% of […]

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Facebook Enables Account Recovery For GitHub Users

April 19, 2017
Forgotten passwords are a daily occurrence for people around the world. With so many accounts from email to social media profiles to movie streaming apps and more, it can be tough to keep track of every password for every site. In an effort to help simplify the recovery process for account access, Facebook has announced […]

Facebook Rolls Out Delegated Recovery To Circumvent Email

January 31, 2017
Facebook wants to improve the process to recover an account other than via email, announcing an account recovery system for website operators called Delegated Recovery. According to a report by TechCrunch,...