Facebook stops asking new users for email passwords

After a Twitter user on Sunday shared a screenshot of Facebook asking them for the password to their email, the social media giant faced intense criticism from security professionals.

Facebook has maintained that the password prompt only appeared for a small number of users, specifically new users who were signing up for Facebook on desktops with email addresses that did not support OAuth. OAuth, which is an open standard security protocol used by Google, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook, lets users grant third-party clients access to their information without giving them their password.

While the social media giant is always quick to fix whatever initial problem occurs, the fact is that new problems always crop up.

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