HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FACEBOOK OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNT FROM BEING HACKED !

Five[5] Ways To Prevent Your Facebook Account
From Getting Hacked
You’ve probably already heard that Facebook
accounts are hacked to gain personal information,
but you might not be aware of how easy that just
might be for hackers. With hackers increasingly
targeting Facebook as a primary source of
collecting user information, and corporations
using your information to make decisions about
your rates, you really should have a plan for
protecting yourself.
Here are some tips to prevent getting hacked:
[1] Use strong password: The names of yourself,
your spouse, parents, siblings or pet, or your
birthday do not qualify. Use a mix of letters, digits
and punctuate [but not blank spaces]. Use both
capital and lowercase letters. The longer your
password the better. The shorter your password
the easier it is to hack, especially if it’s a
common word or name. A good starting point is
six character though 8, 10 or 12 are even better.
If you have trouble in remembering do something
about that, else consider using an unusual phrase
or comb of words that only you or a few people
might know, then substitute some of the letters
with digits or punctuate. Humorous combination
might make it easier to remember but otherwise
write your password down in a SAFE place. Or
just keep using the “Forgot password option to
reset your password"
[2] Change Your Password Regularly: By regular,
I mean monthly or even weekly, not yearly.
Facebook Forgot password option is one way, or
you can go to your account settings.
[3] Don’t friend everyone That “hot chick” whom
you don’t know and looks like some Hollywood
starlet might be a guy: Avoid the person who
doesn’t even have a profile pic, let alone any
friends in common with you. If you haven’t met
them, be cautious. Also, don’t friend friends whom
you know to use weak password If their account
is compromise, hackers can still learn certain
things about you from your profile, or could send
you a message via the friend’s account to lure
you to a malware site.
[4] Don’t click on links willy-nilly: If you click on a
status update that a “friend” posted on your wall
and it looks fishy, don’t assume they actually did
it. Their account could be compromise If your
clicking takes you to a Facebook application that
you’re unsure of, there’s no obligation to click
through. For example All Facebook Editor Nick
O’Neill recently posted about a fake ‘Like photo’
application
[5] Don’t believe all emails: Don’t forget that
honest web services will never ask you to do
certain things in an email. For example Facebook
will NEVER send you an email asking you to
change your password or enter personal details.
If they need you to do that, they will tell you
where in your account settings you can go to do
that. On a similar note, protect your email account
that you register for Facebook with, else someone
can succeed in resetting your Facebook
password
Thank's for reading my article HOW TO PROTECT
YOUR FACEBOOK OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL
NETWORK ACCOUNT FROM BEING HACKED!
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