Experts say the two-factor authentication (2FA) Facebook requires for Facebook Protect accounts is a sensible security measure, but it likely won't roll out to all users.
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Facebook sometimes invites high-profile accounts, such as celebrities, activists, and journalists, to join the Facebook Protect program. This provides the chosen accounts with additional security measures and security monitoring to better protect them from hacking. It even goes so far as to require 2FA for all Facebook Protect accounts, and while it’s not perfect, it does offer a lot more protection.
So if Facebook is going to make 2FA mandatory for high-profile accounts, is there a chance it will do so for everyone? Well, probably not, according to experts.
"When it comes to 2FA, most privacy and security enthusiasts would be thrilled if Facebook made it mandatory for everyone," Peter Baltazar, Lead Technical Content Writer at MalwareFox.com, told Lifewire in an email. "It would ensure that their account would remain protected and out of the wrong hands. However, the number of such users is quite small."
