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While it cannot be guaranteed that your Facebook account will not be hacked, there are steps you can take to reduce the likelihood of some unscrupulous person accessing your account. Facebook is approaching 1 billion users and therefore a lot of information is available through Facebook. You can unknowingly post just enough information for someone to steal your identity, or someone can post it on your behalf after gaining access to your account. This post can result in embarrassment, job loss, and even legal action.
Here are some tips to help you avoid the stress of unauthorized access to your account
- Say truisms: You really shouldn’t share your password for any account with anyone. You may be on good terms today, but you may not be on tomorrow. Sadly, you just never know what humans are capable of, especially if they feel like they’ve been fucked up.
- Don’t reuse passwords: Never use the same password for multiple sites. Reusing your password increases the likelihood that someone else will be able to steal your password. There are tools available that will store and generate passwords if you are the kind of person who struggles with the number of passwords you need to remember. One such tool is Keepass. With Keepass, you can generate passwords for anything that requires them. You just need to set a password for Keepass. Everything else is stored in the Keepass database.
- Use complex passwords: If you are not using a password generator, use passwords that are a combination of letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Don’t use common words, birthdays, or names. There are tools available that make it very easy to crack passwords consisting of dictionary words or names.
- Enable https: If you use http (which is Facebook’s default setting), you are vulnerable to hackers. Apps that are easily available for Android devices and computers can access your Facebook account in just a few minutes if they are on the same wireless network as you.
- If it’s too good to be true, it probably is: If you notice a lot of image likes, it’s probably a weird news story about something that feels a bit far-fetched. Clickjacking is rapidly becoming a form of tricking users into revealing their personal information, including passwords and other private information. Think before you click.
- Enable login notification: Facebook has a feature similar to Gmail that sends you a notification when someone (I hope you) logs into your account. After successfully logging in, you will receive a text message stating that you have logged in. The text message contains instructions on what to do if you are not logged in.
- Enable login validation: You can also set Facebook to require login approval. When someone (I hope you) tries to log in, a text message will be sent to you with a verification code. The person trying to sign in must enter a verification code to continue.
- Check to see active sessions: Check active sessions for suspicious activity. If you look and notice that the login from countries other than the one you live in has been compromised and you should change your password immediately. Be careful though. If you are using Facebook Mobile, activity may not appear locally because the IP address is not provided by your ISP.
- All of these settings (and some others) can be managed by clicking the inverted triangle next to the house and then going to Account Settings> Security.
Until next post … Safe Browsing!
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Source by Scott Gombar