FACEBOOK SECURITY TIPS YOU MUST FOLLOW [NEW 2013]

Facebook recently reached one billion active
users. That accounts for one-seventh of the total
world population. Providing security for these
many accounts is quite difficult. But Facebook
has an amazing security mechanism, still
thousands of accounts are compromised each day. This is not because
Facebook is not secure,
but because people don't know who to secure their account and enhance
their accounts
security.

1. Picking A Strong Password :

Most of us keep short and easy to remember
passwords. But we must keep in mind that these
passwords are easy to crack too. More over our
near and dear ones can also figure out easy
passwords. So we must choose out of the blue
passwords and also a combination of small and capital letter, numbers
and special characters.

2. Logging Out :

I know everybody knows this. But doing this
every time is necessary to keep your Facebook
account away from being misused, especially on
shared computers or public computers. Most web
browsers automatically logs us out once we close
the Browser windows, but some does not. Moreover you will not be logged out
automatically if you by mistake select
Keep Me Logged In??.

3. Use a good Antivirus Bundled with Internet Security :

Most of us use an Antivirus program. But an
antivirus does not protects us from online theft
and phishing attempts. For this you need to have
internet security enabled Antivirus. Today most
of the big Antivirus companies provide an
Internet Security package in addition to the traditional Antivirus
package. It is more costly
but is a must to protect you from online scams
and hacks.

4 : Enable Secure Browsing (HTTPS)

The old HTTP connections are outdated and are
quite vulnerable because they do not offer
encryption. So Facebook offers the secure HTTP
connection that encrypts all the data that is sent
from your computer to Facebook and vice-versa.
Anyone who gets hand on your data can not use or see it since it is
encrypted. This can be enabled through the security tab .

5. Enable Login Notifications :

This feature again should surely be enabled
because this notifies you whenever some one logs
in to your account from an unrecognized device.
Facebook can notify you through a text message
on your mobile device or can send an Email
informing you about the login. Visit security tab to enable this feature.

<u>6. Adding A Security Question :</u>

A security question lets you get access to your
account even without a password. The answer to
the security question must be kept secret as you
keep your password. The answer should not
always be true because most of the questions are
related to you and the answers would most probably be known by your
near and dear ones.
So any one who knows you may be aware of the
answer. This again can be kept from the security
tab. NOTE that you wonâ??t see this if you have
already added a security question.

<u>7. One Time Passwords :</u>

This is the best and least known security feature
in Facebook. This allows you to get a One Time
Password to log in to your Facebook account
from any computer. This password is valid only for 20 minutes. You can
get this by typing opt within a message and sending it to 32665. This
works in US. For other countries
<a href="https://m.facebook.com/help/447046021986895>Click Here</a>
This makes logging in to a public computer or in front of any one else
easy and without having any security concerns

<u>8. Beware Of Phishing Pages :</u>

Phishing was the fastest way to know passwords
of any body's Facebook account sometime
ago. But today, most modern browsers are smart
and can detect phishing pages. But still some of
them miss sometimes. Phishing page is a page
that is designed similar to the original site in looks, but it sends
your login details to the
designer of the phishing page. To save yourself
from phishing, always check the URL of the
page when you are entering your login details. It
should be facebook.com Give special
attention to the spelling too, this is because people are smart. They
will keep the URL that
resembles the original site, like
faceb00k.com or faccbook.com so that
you think the page is from the original site
itself.

These were the 8 security tips I thought would be
great to ensure maximum security for you
Facebook account. To add your tip to this list,
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