Facebook will tell you if the government is snooping on your account

Oct19

by Sindy Cator on October 19, 2015 at 9:40 am

Facebook accounts are notorious for being hacked, either through poor passwords or phishing scams. So to help keep its users safe, the social network has announced that it will soon start sending banner notifications to anyone whose account may have been compromised by the government or if Facebook suspects someone is trying to hack into it. In a blog post about the new security precaution, Facebook says the privacy of its users is the most important thing: While we have always taken steps to secure accounts that we believe to have been compromised, we decided to show this additional warning…