Facebook adds support for Security Keys on iOS and Android

Account fraud is a huge problem, and keeping users accounts secure is one of the top priorities of every large tech company today. Companies (like Microsoft and Google) are already focusing on allowing users to sign in with additional hardware tools like security keys, and Facebook just extended that support to iOS and Android devices.

In an update to its blog on Thursday, the company said that it was adding support for physical security keys – like YubiKeys, as a form of two-factor authentication, to prevent attackers from trying to get into your account, even if they manage to get a hold of your password.

Facebook actually added support for logging in with the help of security keys all the way back in 2017, but you could only do so on desktops and laptops running a modern browser like Chrome. If you wanted to log on to your mobile devices, there was simply no way to use a security key.