Facebook security question?

[whogirl'smom]

Has anybody ever had to type one of those wavy security words in order to post a private message written to someone on Facebook? I got that for the first time tonight and it kind of freaked me out, because the next message I sent didn't require one. I've had so much internet trouble tonight and laptop and pc trouble, I'm just paranoid...

 

[AshleyW]

Has anybody ever had to type one of those wavy security words in order to post a private message written to someone on Facebook? I got that for the first time tonight and it kind of freaked me out, because the next message I sent didn't require one. I've had so much internet trouble tonight and laptop and pc trouble, I'm just paranoid...

Yep, I've had to do that before. No worries, it's just a new-ish security measure they have.

 

[SandrA9810]

I usually have to do it when posting on discussion boards.

It's annoying when you can't read the stupid thing and type it in wrong.

It's probably to prevent bots