10 March 2015

5 Steps To Keep Safe Your Facebook Account From Hackers

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               Hi Friends...Currently,Facebook has become  no. 1 website on the Web. you login to it every day from many devices, be it from your mobile phone, computer, laptop and office workstation, or other devices.there is a chance that you may leave your Facebook account on without logging out.So it is very to access your account and other information. If your account gets accessed by strangers,hackers t hen it’s going to open up a large can of worms, so you should take seriously and try to safe unwanted access to your account.

Basic Security Steps on Facebook
There are many options to prevent access to your account by the next person to use the device or PC,
 Basic Option
  1.The easiest of which is to log out.
  2.Never click on suspicious links whenever or wherever you find it.
  3.Never Share Your Password To others.

1. Create a Strong Password (Strong Key Words)
Ensure that your password is strong. To Creat a strong Password

Go to Account Settings > General > Password.




The best password keywords are the combination of small and capital letters, numbers and symbols.
One important thing is that you should Change your passwords regularly and use unique passwords for extra security.

Be aware from news feed flooded with suspicious links:
Ensure that you don’t click on any links of games, apps, and others that you are not sure of. So Avoid permitting third party apps and games accessing your information. 



2. Confirm Your Mobile Number:
         Confirmation from your mobile number is one of best way to enhance your account security on Facebook. This way, even when you lose or forget your password, Facebook will be able to send you a new one via SMS on your registered number.

To add your mobile number, go to Account Settings > Mobile and click on Add a Phone.

Select your country and set the mobile carrier before clicking Next.






Now you will be given an instruction to send an SMS to the given number. Follow the instructions to get a code via SMS, and then enter the code . You also have the option to
1.Share your number with friends on Facebook 
and
2.Allow friends to text me from Facebook. Select your preferences and click Next.

add mobile: code



Now your mobile phone is registered with Facebook,


3. By Adding secondary email ID :
      In case your profile is hacked from someone, Facebook will send account recovery information to the secondary email ID also. Before these steps, understand the privacy policy of Facebook to Add Email ID.



4. To Activate ‘Login Approvals’:
       Login approvals is an extended security Option.This feature offered by Facebook. and it will require you to enter a security code each time you try to access your Facebook account from unrecognized or other devices. To activate Login Approvals,
go to Account Settings > Security, look for Login Approvals and click on the Edit button.

Give Check mark to Login Approvals



An option to activate Login Approvals will appear, tick the check box to activate.

Activate login approvals

A popup window will appear with descriptions of login approvals, click on the Set Up Now button to continue.

Setup Now






If you already register your mobile number, Facebook will automatically send you a code via SMS. Enter this code in the given box and click Submit Code.




Now you have completed with Login Approvals request, click Next to continue.


5. By Logging Out:
      Lastly..Which is the Most important Option is to Log out from your account.
The moment you want to login out to your Facebook account, at the main page, there’s a small checkbox that says Keep me log out.

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