Facebook Announces New 'Trusted Friends' Security Feature

Now you can get back into your Facebook account with a little help from your friends: Facebook just announced a new feature called Trusted Friends, which uses—surprise, surprise—your social network to log you back in if you forget your password.

This is how it works: First, you pick five Facebook friends you trust. If you get locked out, you can arrange it so those friends get a code. Afterwards, call them, collect three of the codes, enter them, and voila—you're back in business. Facebook likens it "to giving a house key to your friends when you go on vacation."

So, why would you need this when you can simply reset your password via email? Because the email you register with might not be the email you use in two years when you forget your password.

Facebook also announced app-specific passwords for when you log into third-party apps with your Facebook account.

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