Facebook is, undoubtedly, the most popular social networking website with more than 500 million active users. Due to its popularity, many hackers are actively involved in hacking Facebook accounts of unsuspecting users. These hackers cause a tragic impact to the user's personal identity by doing some nuisance with that hacked profile.
If someone know your mail username,then it is a simple gateway ahead to access his profile without his authorization.If you have a week password,the hacker can easily get into your account just by guessing few passwords.So,it is very important to have your username unrevealed to strangers.
Few ways to prevent your account from being hacked :
If someone know your mail username,then it is a simple gateway ahead to access his profile without his authorization.If you have a week password,the hacker can easily get into your account just by guessing few passwords.So,it is very important to have your username unrevealed to strangers.
Few ways to prevent your account from being hacked :
1.Create Strong Password
Chances are, you already have your password created for Facebook however it is advisable for you to make sure your Facebook password is one of a kind and different from your other online accounts e.g. email, blog, hosting etc.
2. Confirm your mobile number
Confirming your mobile number is one of many ways 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.
3. Activate Secure browsing, Now
Among other things, to make sure your browsing activity within Facebook is safe, you can turn on the Secure browsing option. By doing this, you automatically limit all external applications that are integrated with Facebook from doing any harm or taking your personal information without your knowledge or approval.
4. Disconnect Previous Active Sessions
The good thing about Facebook is that it lets you know about your previous active sessions, where you login from, and what devices you used to access your Facebook account. Now to make sure your account is safe, from the Account Settings > Security page, look for ‘Active Sessions‘ and click on Edit.
5. Don’t ‘Keep Me Logged In’
The moment you want to login to your Facebook account, at the Log In page, there’s a small checkbox that says Keep me logged in. Make sure this box isunchecked. Then, log in as usual. With this on, you will be asked for your email and password every time you launch Facebook.
6. Sign Out after use
Lastly which is the most important of all, never forget to log out from your Facebook account.
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