Facebook is a giant social networking site. There are millions of active users all over the world. We know that many people used facebook daily. In this giant social networking site there are some users who used facebook for good but some used it for bad purpose.
The question is "what if our enemy, our friends and hackers tries to hack our facebook account?"
If they are successful to hack it, they will gain access to our facebook account, we'll lost our valuable facebook account and they can mess with our a/c.
First we need to know to keep our facebook a/c secure and keeping intruders away from hacking our facebook account.
So here is 16 security tips to secure facebook account:
1. Always use HTTPS protocol instead of HTTP. HTTPS is the secure protocol.
Go to your facebook Settings > Security > Enable Secure Browsing
2. Add multiple login I.D/Username like adding one or more emails and phone numbers to your a/c, don't forget to verify all your emails and phone numbers.
3. Do not use/install unwanted apps which create spam on fb.
E.g: some apps automatically post, comment and inbox some links to your friends on behalf of you. Remove those apps as soon as possible.
4. Don't share your facebook password with anybody. Change your facebook password on a regular basis or once in a week and keep strong combination of words. Example: Add extra characters to your facebook password "#%@+/$&?"
5. Always check the active sessions and clear unwanted devices..
Go to Settings & Privacy > Security > Active Sessions.. Select and remove unwanted devices.
6. Enable email login notification by going into your Settings > Security > Email Login Notification
7. Do not go through or click on suspicious links. And do not simply input your username and password if that site is asking you to input your username and password.. First check the "url" of that site. If it is not "www.facebook.com" then don't input your username and password. Hackers always create such kind of phishing site which look similar to facebook login page.. They create it in order to retrieve your username and password when you log in to it.
8. Keep strong security question for your account.
9. Add three trusted friends to your facebook a/c whom you trust most.
It will help you in future if something happens to your account.
10. Always keep the privacy of your email, facebook email, phone number to "only me"
Also keep the privacy of some sensitive informations like; birthday, address, contact numbers, family, school, college to "only me" or "friends" whichever you think is safe for you..
11. Do not click on save username and password and always log out after using facebook on someone else's computer and phone.
12. Only download facebook apps and browsers from sites you trust.
13. Keep your anti-virus software, browser and other applications up to
date.
14. Do not paste script (code, javascript) in your browser address bar.
15. Always clear your browser's cookie and cache.
16. Use browser add-ons like Web of Trust and Firefox’s NoScript to keep your account from being hijacked.
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Title : Tips To Secure Facebook Account
Description : Facebook is a giant social networking site. There are millions of active users all over the world. We know that many people used facebook da...