Facebook is the top social networking site today and most of us are having account in Facebook. So it is important for all of us to know about the security of our Facebook accounts.Enable HTTPS secure connection
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server. Thus you can make safeguard your data with 128 bit encryption by enabling HTTPS on Facebook.
To enable the HTTPS secure connection by default on Facebook just go to your Facebook Account Settings. Here in the Account Security tab just check the checkbox before Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible. Now from next time you log into Facebook account all your data will be encrypted.
Create Facebook Login Alerts
You can enable Facebook login alerts by registering you Mobile at Facebook and enable alerts fromFacebook Account Settings. From now on you will get an SMS on your mobile when ever some one logins to your Facebook account from an unregistered device. Thus now on if at all you see any suspicious activities you can act immediately.
Never click on “Remember me” on the login page when you are using Facebook from other’s computer
Remember me functionality enables the feature of one time login so that you need not login every time to Facebook. This will only work if you do not log out from Facebook and just close the browser, so next time when you open Facebook you will be directly logged in to your account. This is useful if you use FB on your personal system only. But make sure not to select the “Remember me” check box on login page when your use Facebook on others computer or at net café.
Change Your Password Frequently
Remember prevention is always better than cure. Thus I always insist my friends to change their login credentials on regular basis to ensure a safer Facebook experience.
Be careful in adding a person to your friend list
Carefully accept any friend request as once you accept the friend request they will have access to all your information which you share with your friends. So be careful while accepting any friend request and verify the person first. Be careful while you are sharing any information and double check with whom you are sharing information.
One last tip: Check your security and privacy settings when new features are rolled out just to make sure they haven’t suddenly become disabled.
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