Facebook's geo-ip challenge
I logged into Facebook this morning from Malta to accept some friend invites and was intercepted by this screen.

It's pretty clever. A nearly-subtle extra level of security when Facebook notices something quirky - a bit like a bank detecting a credit card being used aboard. I rarely log in to Facebook these days so don't know how common this is.

It's pretty clever. A nearly-subtle extra level of security when Facebook notices something quirky - a bit like a bank detecting a credit card being used aboard. I rarely log in to Facebook these days so don't know how common this is.