Facebook Increases Security with HTTPS and Social Friend Captchas

Today, Mark Zuckerberg's fan page got hijacked by a skilled hacker, who posted something about how Facebook should fund itself through the social network rather than banks. After that, Facebook came out with some new security protocols.

There was also a reddit post about how people are using the image file name schema of Facebook to access strangers' albums and friend networks.

Now HTTPS has been implemented site-wide for Facebook. That seems fine.

However, they've also just implemented something called a social captcha. Basically, you see a picture of your friend and then you have to click on his correct name to confirm you are human.

Well, I thought that was interesting but could very well piss off a lot of people. Some people put any old acquaintance as a Facebook friend, they may not be able to remember his name. With the amount of photos people upload, they may just not even recognize the image itself, if it's not a very clear one.

I have a feeling that social captcha's aren't going to last too long.