Simple tips to secure your Facebook account on mobiles
Mobile has made
access to Facebook much easier, but the social networking site has also become
susceptible to attempted hijackings and attempted thefts on cell phones.
Here are a few ways
to make sure that the most popular site is safe from being hacked.
According to ABC
News, one of the ways to safeguard your Facebook account is to always logout
after using it on your mobile and use passwords to protect your mobile devices.
It has also been recommended
to always keep a password or pattern on your phone so that you can protect your
personnel information if your phone is lost or stolen.
It has also been
recommended to never use a same password for email and Facebook accounts.
Always use a combination
of "Alpha-Numeric + special characters” as a password, as it is tough to
hack. Keep on changing your password from time to time.
Other things one can
do to protect your account is to always use secure Browsing. Facebook has
offered a secure browsing option since 2011.
Without an HTTP
Secure (HTTPS) connection, your data is open to sneak attacks any time you use
free Wi-Fi (i.e., in CCD, Malls, hotels, etc).Avoid unprotected Wi-Fi and use
your provider's 3G/4G service to prevent potential breaches.
Keep login
notification enable on your phones so that when and where you access your
account you will have all the details and If someone tries to hack your
Facebook account you will get a notification on your phone. It will show you
the time and location form where it had been used.
And if someone
breaches your account, you'll receive instructions for resetting your password
and securing your account. Login approvals will ask you for a special code
every time you try to access your account from a new device.
Only accept friend
requests of known people on Facebook account. As "Strangers can be
Hackers." If you can't access your account and you miss your security
question or its answer, Facebook will send different codes to your friends.
When you put them together, you can get back in.
But the Twitter ban
order could not be implemented after telcos said they could only block websites
and social networking sites on a national basis. Following this, in an August
27 meeting in the Prime Minister's Office, which was attended by heads of all
intelligence agencies as well as representatives from the ministries of home,
telecom and IT, the government decided to set up an 'appropriate regime' to
address issues related to blocking content on the internet and social media in
a 'smart, timely and consistent manner'.The new regime was to work out an
effective cyber monitoring system, lay out guidelines and operating procedures
on the nature of online content that would be blocked and also specify
penalties for perpetrators.
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