The 10 commandments to avoid being hacked on Facebook

Facebook with its billions of users is undoubtedly the most important social network, as far as details of figures are concerned, 751 million access through a mobile device, 23% of users check their profile more than 5 times a 350 million photos are uploaded every day and there are those who occasionally enter without the slightest interest in staying more than a few minutes.

But what they all have in common is the concern for your security, taking care of our accounts so that they are not hacked and avoiding vulnerability to any type of attack or theft.

It is in that sense that in VidaBytes we do today a kind of decalogue to avoid being hacked on Facebook, a compilation of security advice and privacy vital for all users of this popular social network. Let's go to trouble!

The decalogue

1. Secure browsing: Make sure you have this option enabled from the Security Settings panel. It guarantees that you will be browsing with the HTTPS protocol, which means that it is a secure version; Facebook really.

2. Login approvals: Add an extra layer of security every time you log in from an unknown computer or device. Enabling this option each time you log in, an SMS code will be sent to your cell phone, which you must enter to log in. An indispensable measure 😎

3. Code generator: If you have a Smartphone, this option will be activated, it will give you a code to start safely from your mobile phone. This option is linked to the previous one and will be useful in case the SMS takes time to reach you.

4. Trusted Contacts: Did you forget your password? If it happens to you and you cannot recover your account, with this option previously activated it will be easier for you. Just choose your closest friends, they will receive a code that they must provide you when you require it and thus you proceed to regain the power of your account.

5. Add a secondary email: It is not enough to be careful, you may lose access to your primary email, that is where your alternative email will come into action to allow you to recover your account.

6. Login notifications: When someone tries to enter your account from a different IP or a suspicious address, you will receive an email and SMS, with the notification of the device used, browser, IP, time and date. So you can block it in a jiffy.

7. Active sessions: Always check this option, it shows the location and the devices you have used to connect. Last sessions, last access, location, device type, browser. From there you can end the activity that you consider suspicious.

8. Never save your password in the browser! As much as it is you who only has access, we already know how easy it is to steal passwords stored on the computer in a matter of seconds.

9. Avoid connecting from public or third-party computers, but if it is not possible, always try to navigate in incognito mode. Also check the processes that are running from the Task Manager, if you have the knowledge you will know which ones belong to the system and you will differentiate them from the suspicious ones such as Keyloggers.

There may also be a physical keylogger, so taking a look at the hardware is not too much 😉

10. Change your password! I know it is a headache to have to remember so many passwords for different sites, but do it periodically and never use the same one for other social networks and other websites. Better safe than sorry...

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«A new commandment I give you: Don't leave your Facebook open«. Sometimes we are in a hurry or it may be for mere confusion, but Sign off It is something that forever and ever we must do.

You are not going to be in for unpleasant surprises such as an unexpected state of homosexual self-confession written by your funny friends of course or the deletion of photos, statuses, friends, messages that you would never have written and other nasty torments.

Other Recommendations:

• • Don't click on suspicious linksIf a friend via "inbox" asks you to click on a link to register, participate in a contest or try an application, examine the situation first.

• • Do not install any applicationThere are applications for all tastes on Facebook, but remember that by installing an application you give it access to your personal data and other details that only you should have. You don't know what it can do with all that information from you.

• • Beware of viral videos! viral videos are shared daily by users who have been victims of clickjacking or click hijackings. These videos use morbidness to attract attention, the user is redirected to a page where he can supposedly see it, but he gets the fiasco that he has to share it first and in the end he will never see the video because it does not exist, it is simply a capture , an image. You will also notice that when you visit the page next to the cursor a text « «, The owners use it to get fans on fanpages and sell them, no matter how much you click on any page, you will be giving a like without your consent. Stay away from those pages and report those posts.

• • Don't share your date of birthThis depends on each person, but who would be interested in knowing when you were born! to a hacker trying to steal your email, it's an easy requirement to crack if you make it public.

• • Don't accept just anyone as a friend, fake profiles abound on Facebook, good girls, identity theft are intended to add you to see your information.

• • Control – who can see your profile, limit posts to "friends only", hide your personal information, limit who can add you to "friends of my friends". Ah! Enabling the subscription to your profile is a double-edged sword, watch out for that.

• • Don't fall for scams, it is not possible to know who visits your profile, it is not possible to change the color of your biography, the "I do not like" button does not yet exist, it does not exist WhatsApp for Facebook, nobody raffles latest generation cell phones ... they are things of common sense.

• • Keep your Antivirus updated, it will help you to discover fake sites, it will detect websites with clis hijackings, unsafe pages, it will analyze links.

• • Analyze your profile with free web applications such as: Bit Defender SafeGo, Norton Safe Web, Face Infected. These are services to analyze infected links that you have shared, malware and others.

• • Beware of free Wi-Fi areas, if you usually connect from these places like cafes, libraries, parks, it could be fatal if someone with advanced knowledge through the network decides to attack you. But it is not to be alarmed, have your Firewall and activirus activated. If you are going to log in from these sites, try to use on-screen keyboards when writing your email and passwords. Neo's SafeKeys it's my favorite 🙂

Remember that the best security measure is you, prevention and common sense above all. If you liked this post, do not hesitate to share it on Facebook, give it +1 or a tweet 😉

Tell us, how do you protect your Facebook account? What other security measures would you recommend?