{"id":30142,"date":"2017-06-07T20:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T12:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=30142"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:21:09","slug":"facebook-redesigns-security-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-redesigns-security-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Redesigns its Security Menu for Easier Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s <strong>old security menu isn\u2019t the most intuitive<\/strong> one available, considering the fact that simple features such as two-factor authentication were given bizarre names like <strong>\"login approvals\"<\/strong>. Well, the days of perplexing security menus may soon be behind us, as Facebook has announced that it is currently <strong>rolling out a much more streamlined security menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With the new <strong>\"Security and login\"<\/strong> menu, all of Facebook\u2019s security settings and functionalities are laid out in an orderly fashion, thereby making it easier to navigate. New to the menu is a <strong>\"Recommended\"<\/strong> tab that allows Facebook to <strong>highlight security features that may prove useful to the user<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/security-keys-protect-facebook\/\">You Can Now Protect Your Facebook Account with Security Keys<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-redesigns-security-menu\/01-choose-friend-to-contact.jpg\" width=\"688\" height=\"104\" alt=\"choose friend to contact\"><\/figure>\n<p>Aside from that, Facebook has<strong> introduced a redesigned<\/strong> <strong>\"Where you\u2019re logged in\" <\/strong>module. This redesigned module now uses a simpler format, making it easier for the user to <strong>monitor the devices they\u2019ve used to login to Facebook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-redesigns-security-menu\/02-redesign-where-you-log-in.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"202\" alt=\"where youre logged in\"><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, Facebook has made some <strong>changes to the names of some security features<\/strong> in order to make it more consistent with other online services. One example of this change is the aforementioned <strong>\"login approvals\"<\/strong>, which has been changed to the more commonly used <strong>\u201ctwo-factor authentication\u201d<\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-redesigns-security-menu\/03-two-factor-authentication.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"363\" alt=\"two factor authentication\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new security menu will be <strong>made available on both the desktop version of Facebook as well as the iOS and Android version of the Facebook app<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-delegated-recovery\/\">Facebook Rolls Out Delegated Recovery Security Feature<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s old security menu isn\u2019t the most intuitive one available, considering the fact that simple features such as two-factor authentication were given bizarre names like &#8220;login approvals&#8221;. 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