Https security tool safeguard for Facebook making it more secure and reliable Facebook provides https connection as a security tool for users to safeguard them from being hacked. A secure connection through the https gateway prevents hackers from hacking and spies from eavesdropping.

Facebook is now allowing all its users to encrypt their entire Facebook usage. It is mainly done to stop hackers and other persons to hack any information that is sent or received from Facebook. This is done to safeguard the Facebook user’ s public profiles after the public page of Mark Zuckenberg (Founder of Facebook) was hacked. This news was released by the blog of the Palo Alto Company, Calif. This encryption facility can be used by adding “https” as a prefix on the internet address slot in your browser as shown in the picture above. This would make sure that your entire session is encrypted. This encryption will also stop identity theft or hijacking of accounts using Firesheep or other tools used for snooping. These snooping tools works by receiving the data sent or received from a Facebook account after the user have logged in. This encryption may take a few weeks to be available to all users. The major disadvantage of the encryption is that Facebook would be slower and it would not support any 3rd party apps. Facebook team is currently working to solve these two problems. It is expected that this encryption would be a default setting of Facebook as Google did on its Gmail. Also Facebook is expected to take additional steps to prevent attempts of site impersonation. It is indicated that Facebook would use “extended validation” as an additional layer of Security. Also Facebook would ask users to identify pictures of their friends if it suspects that the account has been hacked. This is done to prove that the user is the rightful owner of that profile. These steps would hopefully be implemented within a few weeks. The spies and hackers which have so often boasted on the net that they can hack facebook accounts would now find it really hard to do so. With a secure HTTPS internet connection there will be no room for eavesdropping software to intercept your input data, no hacker will be able to spy upon whatever text you send when the HTTPS connection is in use. This new security implementation is a boost for privacy conscious facebook users, especially high- profile folks which include celebrities and national leaders.