Facebook Introduces Anonymous Log-In

Facebook is not letting its users down. In the company's effort to protect users' privacy, it is allowing account owners to choose what they wanted to share with third party apps through an updated log-in and "Anonymous Log-in."

Last year, Facebook has announced a new log-in tool that will give users the freedom to choose information they are willing to share with third party apps during the F8 conference. 

Users can opt to use "Anonymous Log-in," which allows the user to try an app without sharing any of their personal information from Facebook," or via the updated Facebook Log-in, which will give the user an option to choose the information they are willing to share with the third party app.

"Anonymous Login lets people log in to apps so they don't have to remember usernames and passwords, but it doesn't share personal information from Facebook. People can decide later if they want to share any additional information, once they understand more about the app," FB explained in its FB Newsroom.

The updated log-in, will give people more freedom to "opt out" of permissions that apps typically require, according to the social media website. "It's important to build a Login experience that works well for people no matter what permissions they grant or decline," Facebook said in a blog post.

While the new additions to Facebook's platform are great, there is a downside: information that was already shared with an app can no longer be removed. Although users can alter the permissions, this will only keep the social media site from sharing more details with the apps.

The company also warned that the update may cause some apps to misbehave, which only means that they are not yet ready for the platform's upgrade. This also means that the app relies heavily on the information that the user has shared to be able to function.

In the past, Facebook users were concerned about their privacy while logged in the website. Last year, the social media site started rolling out updates that will make user experience safer and a lot easier for users.