7 Ways To Keep Your Facebook Account Safe
Facebook is one of the most-used Social media app in the world. Due to its fantastic user experience interface that allows users to connect with friends all over the world, some people are making use of this opportunity to show more about their coding skills .
This is becoming too frequent to the extent that, a friend you have a conversation with, has changed the profile name and picture just to discover that the account has been accessed by someone else.
Today, Infograb Arena is giving you the real enlightment about how to keep your facebook account safe.
Many questions have been published on different social media about how to secure a facebook account and steps to take if you can't access it.
Without any doubt, providing you the answers to these relating questions will be so much appreciated by you which I surely know. Now, let's provide you the full guide on how to keep a facebook account more safe.
WAYS TO KEEP YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT SAVE
1. Add a valid email address to your account
2. Use a very unique password combination to your facebook account
3. Activate two factor authentication in your account
4. Do not login or input your facebook account details except the link starting with www.facebook.
5. Never save your login information in someone else's phone
6. Enable login notifications
7. Avoid clicking unknown or short link
Now that you've seen the ways to keep your facebook account safe. The next thing is to read the detailed explanation about the each of the ways listed above.
1. Add a valid email address to your account
The first safety measure you should consider is adding an email address to your account. Adding an email address to your facebook account serves as an extra security and easy to process your account recovery in case it gets hacked.
HOW TO ADD AN EMAIL TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
Step 1. Go to Settings
Step 2. Click on Security
Step 3. Select personal information
Step 4 . Click on the space provided for email address and input your desired email address
Whenever you noticed your facebook account has some changes, quickly log out your account and try to login again. In the login page, click forget password and use your email as your recovery method in case the person attempting to have access tol your account or changed the original phone number.
2. USE A VERY UNIQUE AND UNGUESSABLE PASSWORD COMBINATION TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
Another way to keep your facebook account safe is by using a password that cannot be guess by another user because using a strong password gives low possibility of getting private access to your facebook account. A unique password must contain Capital Letters, Small Letters, Numbers and symbols. There's a quick tip I usually use to generate a memorable password. Take a look at an example.
(Infograb@246810) or (Infograb+7891) or (Felix+2+4+5=success)
As you can see, Those password contain Capital Letters, Small Letters, Numbers and symbols.You can use that type of above format to get the exact unique password you want. I'm not saying you should use the exact example as your password, but use it as your password format.
How to add a new password to your facebook account
In case your current facebook password isn't strong and you're willing to change it to something unique. You can also change your facebook account password within few clicks.
To add a new facebook password is very simple
Step 1. Go to facebook Settings
Step 2. Click Security
Step 3. Press Security and login
Step 4. Select "Change password"
Step 5. Enter your old password and create your new password
Step 6. Congratulations, you've changed your facebook account password successfully.
3. ACTIVATE TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IN YOUR ACCOUNT
Activating two factor authentication will surely reduce the chances of getting your facebook account in risk.
The advantage of facebook two factor authentication is that, whenever there is a login attempt from an unknown device or a device that your login information isn't saved before, you will be sent an OTP (one time verification) code to the phone number associated to that facebook account.
If this code is not inputted to the login page of the user attempting to login, there won't be a successful login.
Even if you're the one trying to login from a different phone or laptop, if you don't input the code sent to your phone number associated with the facebook account, you won't be able to login.
This is another wonderful way to secure your facebook account.
STEPS TO ACTIVATE TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IN YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
Step 1. Go to facebook Settings on the lite version.
Step 2. Click on Security and Login.
Step 4. Select Two-factor Authentication.
Step 5. Enter your facebook password.
Step 6. Confirm your phone number.
4. DO NOT LOGIN OR INPUT YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS EXCEPT FROM A LINK STARTING WITH www.facebook.
It do happen sometimes when browsing through the internet, you might be asked to login your facebook account before getting access to a webpage. No matter how important the webpage may look to you, you should try to ignore it because don't be surprised , your login information might be submitted to the website you attempt to visit.
Then if you tried to login on the webpage after inputing your correct login details, unable to login to your facebook account is a very good sign that your login information has might be collected by the website.
When this happens, quickly login to your facebook account from the app and change your password immediate. Try not to login through any website to avoid this type of issue.
Always make sure you use the real facebook app if you need any content to view.
5. NEVER SAVE YOUR LOGIN INFORMATION IN SOMEONE ELSE'S PHONE
Yes, This also apply to everyone especially when you're in the midst of your family and friends.
In one way or the other, situations might require you to login in someone else's phone but no matter what the situation might be, try to login your account to a trusted individual not strangers.
Make sure you remove your login information after the phone served the purpose you want.
How to remove your facebook login information from someone's phone.
Step 1. Click on the three dots located at the top right corner of facebook lite news feed.
Step 2. Click on the three dash located by the up right corner of facebook.
Step 3. Scroll down and click the log out button
(In some cases, you will see a pop-up message that will ask you to save login info. Simply click "No" and log out) But if it happens that you are unable to see the pop-up message, you will see the the list of accounts that have logged in using the device.
Step 4. Find your account, then click on the three black dots beside your account name.
Step 5. Find the login info of your account and switch it off.
Following these steps will surely remove your account from the phone after logging out.
6. ENABLE LOGIN NOTIFICATIONS
Turning on login notifications will give you quick notification message in your Mobile phone when there's a successful login elsewhere.
It will take some good part in securing your facebook account.
This notification will only be sent to your facebook account.
Once you receive any login notification, you must take some necessarily steps which will be outlined below.
7. AVOID CLICKING UNKNOWN LINKS.
This is another way some people might get hold of your account. There are several short links which people uses to hide the real website URL. These links do start with bit.ly, curt.ly, rebrand.ly and so on.
It might also be any suspected links that doesn't reveal it's real identity. Although, not all short links are spam but you can also expand the link without visiting the website. Proceed to read one of our article about how to expand short links.
WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE ELSE LOGIN TO YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
Step 1. Quickly change your facebook account password and log out all device when requested
Step 2. Change your phone number.
Step 3. Change your email address.
Step 4. If you managed a facebook page or group, quickly add a trusted person as the admin of the group or page. Give them full access and tell the person to remove you from the page Doing this won't let the person attempting your account have access to your facebook or group
HOW TO IDENTIFY IF A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AS BEEN ACCESSED BY OTHERS
As the account owner, below are some signs you might encountered.
1. You won't be able to login again
2. All the profile information will change
3. You'll start receiving unusual notification
Conclusion:
Now that you've fully understand how to prevent unknown users from getting access to your account. Implementing the above safety measures should be easier for you. If you have any questions relating to the above guide, Feel free to share it in the comment section below.
