Today, Facebook is the most popular social networking site. Every person who is socially engaged has an account on Facebook. This is a good platform for making pen friends, sharing photos, and chatting with friends. Nowadays, Facebook also becomes a great platform for digital marketing. With the growing popularity of this social networking site; the crimes against Facebook are also increasing. But this does not mean that Facebook is not safe. If you use Facebook with some safety measures then Facebook is one of the most secure SNSs.
Here are some tips for securing your Facebook account from hackers:
- Secure your Profile Picture
Well, names can be same but faces can’t; except you are twins. Everyone uses profile pictures or we can say desktop pictures for identification purpose. But the problem is, if a person downloads your profile picture from your account then he can easily create your fake id which can get you into trouble. For preventing this type of situation, always use profile picture guard. This feature doesn’t allow anybody to download or take a screenshot of your current profile picture.
- Open your Facebook account
- Open your profile
- Click on the profile picture
- You will see Turn on profile picture guard option below of your profile picture
- Click on the option and your profile picture will get bounded with a blue shield
Now your profile picture is safe from any kind of theft
- Always monitor which devices you are using
If you are feeling doubtful that someone else is using your Facebook account then check the number of devices which you are using for accessing Facebook.
- Open your Facebook account
- Open Settings
- Click on Security and Login
- Click on Where you’re logged in option
- You will see a list of all the systems where you have logged in your Facebook id
- Now check the list and remove all devices which you are not using
- If you are not sure about some devices then you should use Log out of all sessions option
With this option, your Facebook account will be get logged out from all devices. Now login your Facebook account on your trusted devices.
- Do not click on suspicious ads
Facebook is a great platform for digital marketing; you can see numerous ads and pop-ups on your Facebook home page. You mostly get these ads and pop-ups according to your web-surfing pattern. If you are into shopping, you will get pop-ups of good deals, offers, etc. If you are getting a suspicious pop-up then avoid clicking on it. Malicious pop-ups can infect your device. The best way for avoiding malicious pop-ups is by installing McAfee Com Activate Total Protection antivirus. Antivirus blocks all malicious adware from your device and network and provides full safety from all scammers.
- Make reliable authenticators
If Facebook finds any suspicious login attempt, it instantly locks down the Facebook account. For regaining the account access you may have to use a long and complicated method. Facebook is providing you a technique for regaining your account access easily. You just have to pick about five reliable people from your friend list. If your account gets locked; your friends and help you out from regaining the access via verification code.
- Open Facebook
- Click on Settings
- Go to Security and Login
- Choose reliable friends from your friend list
- Hit the confirm button
With these security measures, you can easily access your Facebook account without any kind of cyber threat.
