Have Your Students Changed Their Facebook Passwords Yet?

We all know that Facebook announced last week that it had suffered a breach of 50 million accounts. There's no information yet on who and why, but one thing is clear. This is a good time for all of us to tighten the security around our Facebook accounts.

Actually, I don't use Facebook much. There are a couple of closed groups I enjoy, but public Facebook just got to be too much for me. I decided to change my password on principle and the results were interesting. I wrote a post yesterday that describes who was affected (I wasn't) and tells about my experience in changing my Facebook password.

It also explains why my banking password was related to my Facebook password (doesn't that sound dumb, just on the face of it???) and my experience in trying to change that.

Today I updated it with a post about Facebook's use of our mobile numbers (what we were led to believe when we provided them?) and good ways to use 2-factor authentication to protect a Facebook account.

P.S. Today starts National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and I have committed to trying to post on the subject every day in October. Drop by and find some good tips and resources! Then look for #CyberAware wherever you go in October!

Related Updates
How to find out if your account was included in the September breach