Meta Tests New Ways For Users To Authenticate Their Accounts By Detail Verification

Meta is conducting trials for ways through which users can authenticate their respective accounts.

The goal behind the project is to help users save money spent on SMS charges while still allowing authentication to occur through verification on the phone.

This new process is designed to assist users in verifying details seen across missed calls by allowing the system to track phone activity.

Meta explained this further through a recent blog post where it mentioned how the need to authenticate accounts using missed calls was being done. This was in addition to adding OTPs manually that are sent through other methods. And after granting two kinds of permissions including call log access and management of calls, users could enter into accounts easily without the need to add an OTP manually.

This whole process is designed to assist the platform’s apps in detecting missed calls whenever they arise and noting down details linked to the call too. It would then end up reducing the need to get rid of a user to respond and provide new ways for account authentication without entering passwords. And as mentioned previously, it would save up on costs big time.

Twitter has been trying to get rid of its own respective 2FA- feature through SMS for those users that are not paying extra for the Blue Subscription. It’s because the feature is forcing the platform to pay out a huge amount annually as telecom firms send out bills each time the feature is used.

And Elon Musk’s company outlined how that would be estimated to cost a staggering $60 million per year in addition to more charges linked to telecom expenses. Hence, they’re acting smart now and scaling back this feature.

Meanwhile, the feature for missed calls by Meta might be avoiding this and adding a little more ease for respective users to log in depending on this authentication ordeal.

For now, the feature is yet to be rolled out for the masses. It’s currently in its beta phase and which means it’s undergoing testing. Meta says that making the most of missed calls for the sake of authentication is receiving support on the likes of Facebook Lite for now. Moreover, it’s also getting very little support from a few regions at this moment in time.

But we do expect to see an expansion soon in the future.