Facebook announces "Anonymous Login" to log in without giving personal information to the application

Developer meeting held by Facebook for the first time in 3 years "F8"You can log in to a third party application without sharing personal information registered on Facebook"Anonymous loginWe announced. In addition, we have announced the introduction of a new dashboard that can display and manage a new login system that users can set information to share with third parties · applications linked to Facebook accounts.

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New function "Anonymous Login" is a system that allows anonymous login to third party applications, keeping the ability to log in to third party applications without entering account name / password, users are registered on Facebook It is possible to try without handing personal information to the application. After using the application to some extent, the user can decide on his / her own personal information to share with the application.


Anonymous login is a mechanism that Facebook checks the identity of the user, assigns anonymous identification information and logs in on behalf of the user, and once the login assigned to each login is passed to the application, even if you log in anonymously The application can recognize the user. You can check what "anonymous login" is from the following movie.

Anonymous Login


On Facebook, users have introduced the ability to log in to third party applications as they are from Facebook, which makes it unnecessary for users using multiple applications to remember their user name and password for each application. Its functionality has been updated so that users will be able to log in after setting personal information to be shared with third party apps in the future.


With the new login system, users can freely decide whether third-party apps post on the user's timeline.


You can check the new login system from the following movie.

Facebook Login


Also, it displays a list of applications associated with Facebook account and decides to introduce a dashboard that can be managed. This means that users will be able to authorize information to be shared, delete applications, etc. from the dashboard.


"Anonymous login" and a new login system are being tested at the time of article writing and it will be released to users over a period of months. Dashboards that can manage applications can be implemented within a few weeks.