Password managers provide a similar level of convenience to 'Login with Facebook' but are much safer.

Read ' No boundaries for Facebook data: third-party trackers abuse Facebook login' on Freedom to Tinker. By using the 'Login with Facebook' option you are essentially using Facebook as a password manager to remember your username and password for a number of sites and services.Įver noticed after doing some online shopping, adverts in other websites showing similar items to the ones you just searched? This is a demonstration of your personal data being sold and exchanged to target you. This also allows an attacker to only require access to your Facebook account to start getting access to everywhere else that you associated that Facebook login. However, this convenience comes at a cost, because every time you use your Facebook login to access another service, you are giving that other service access to your personal data stored by Facebook. On websites like Spotify, you can conveniently 'Login with Facebook' so that you don't need to create a separate account for every site you use. If Facebook gets hacked and your username and password are stolen, hackers can use that information to then access your Instagram or various other online accounts. An example of bad account management would be using the same secure password and email address across multiple accounts. Creating a secure password is important, but no matter how secure your password is you can still be vulnerable if your account management is lacking.

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