Facebook Account Protection – 8 important Tips :
1. Maintain Your Password
Firstly you need to create a unique and difficult password for you to login to Facebook. That is the first step to being secure. The next step is to never share your password with anyone. And lastly you should change your password every so often, but still making it very difficult by using a combination of upper case, lowercase, and numbers.
2. Be Aware Of E-Mail Security
When your Facebook account gets hacked, it is not always through Facebook. Most of the time it is through your e-mail, where there is an insecure pass word or some kind of access to hackers. If someone can hack into your e-mail account, they can easily reset passwords and gain access to any online accounts that you have. This is extremely important and people often neglect this fact.
3. Protect Your Computer First
People often blame Facebook when their account gets hacked. But sometimes it is because they have not got their own protection on the computer they are using. It is very important to protect your computer as this is the gateway to all of your activities online and off-line. It is access to all of your friends on Facebook, your e-mails that come to your computer, your personal pictures, and more.
4. Enable Secure Browsing In Facebook
Secure browsing on Facebook (https) is an extra security feature. When you turn this feature on, all of your activity on Facebook becomes encrypted, making it harder for anyone else to access your Facebook information without your permission.
How to enable secure browsing on Facebook?
Go to the top right corner of your Facebook page and click on the little cog icon.
This will bring down your main menu. Choose account settings from this menu.
On the left side, choose security from the menu.
Click on the edit link on the far right that the lines up with secure browsing.
Now you will see an option to enable https browsing.
Tick the box to enable secure browsing.
Then press on save changes.
5. Enter Your Mobile Number
Adding your personal mobile phone number is another security feature in Facebook. It makes it very difficult for someone else to reset your password if they have to make the verification through your mobile number.
6. Be Careful When Staying Logged In
If you do not want to stay logged in, especially if you are on a public computer, always un-tick the box below to sign up area.Also do not forget to actually log out of your Facebook account. This is because people can still just hop on your computer and browse through your account as you are already logged in.
7. Monitor Logins for Facebook Account Protection
If you enable login notifications then you will know when someone has logged in to your Facebook account. This is a pretty simple concept and you can get the details sent to your mobile phone or your e-mail address.
To enable login notifications see the following instructions:
Go to the top right corner of your Facebook page and click on the little cog icon.
This will bring down your main menu. Choose account settings from this menu.
Click on login notifications.
Put a tick in the box next to the type of alerts you’d like to receive.
Now press save your changes.
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