For People Using Facebook

[Shiw Liang]

1. Click on Account
2. Click on account setting
3. Go to account security
4. Click Change
5. Tick Secure Browsing (https)
6. Click save

[Hermite15]

not sure that it was needed to start a thread about that at all + that's not new.

ps: you could have added it to the software news section

[Shiw Liang]

I just wanted people to be aware of that
Yep sorry ^^"

[Raveen Kool]

1. Click on Account
2. Click on account setting
3. Go to account security
4. Click Change
5. Tick Secure Browsing (https)
6. Click save

What is advantage of doing this?...........

[Shiw Liang]

Hm...I think this link has the answer:
http://www.virtu-software.com/ask-doug/QandA.asp?q=7

[Asyn]

I just wanted people to be aware of that

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66267.msg594233#msg594233

[DavidR]

For me the best option is not to have opened an account in the first place.

[Asyn]

For me the best option is not to have opened an account in the first place.

True, I also hate this FB ....

[Hermite15]

For me the best option is not to have opened an account in the first place.

yeah tell that to the 700.000.000 users worldwide

edit: no matter whether you like it or not, just stating the obvious, FB must be as secure as possible, period.

[DavidR]

Well having all your connections as https, doesn't necessarily make it more secure.

If this measure is across the board all links and not just for logon-on, account settings, etc. Then the https connection prevents avast form scanning the traffic with the web shield, which could leave you less well protected.

[Raveen Kool]

Using the secure https, we can make sure that we may not get redirected fake websites.......

[nmb]

If this measure is across the board all links and not just for logon-on, account settings, etc. Then the https connection prevents avast form scanning the traffic with the web shield, which could leave you less well protected.

Exactly. I think about this every time I open a https website, and always try to load a http version of it. Its very hard to take a decision on this.

[DavidR]

Using the secure https, we can make sure that we may not get redirected fake websites.......

Yes, but that doesn't stop the connection to valid links which have either been hacked or were malicious in any case; there are many such scams on facebook and other social networking sites and using https isn't going to stop that.

[YoKenny]

I have several friends on Facebook plus my daughter and husband and my grandson that live a long way away from me so I have to use Facebook.

Bill Pytlovany of WinPatrol fame uses Facebook!
Even avast! has a good Facebook presence:
https://www.facebook.com/avast?sk=app_10442206389#!/avast?sk=wall
avast! antivirus's Photos - "Evangelists" meeting in Prague February 2010
Photo of Bob in Prague
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150106817337426&set=pu.38282497425&type=1&theater

[DavidR]

But you don't require a facebook account to view materiel only if you are going to post it. You could also use Skype to communicate.