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Everyone wants to know that their all social media accounts are safe and secure from hackers or any other individuals who want to steal their personal information. People are curious to check with whom you are chatting especially when you are in relationships but privacy is the basic right of every human being in this world and every social media account should be the property of the individual. No institutes should use your information for any purpose unless the concern is given.
There are a few steps that you can perform to check that your account is or it is vulnerable to any type of attacks
Always try to make a strong password
I am going to tell you some easy steps and tips & tricks on how to generate a strong password that is easy to remember:
- At least 8 characters long
- Always include your password with a special character (@, #, ! %, -, +, &)
- Password must include small and capital letters in it (b, f, r, M, K, L, D)
- It should contain the numbers in it (0-9)
- Should not have empty spaces in it because it creates confusion while typing ( )
- Do not have any information about you like name, pet name, school name, etc.
- Do not use a password that has been used by you earlier.
- Do not have the same password for all of your social media accounts.
- You can use the auto password generator as well.
Example:
If you are born in 1999 and your name is David and you want to have a password for your Facebook ID which you want to remember easily then according to the above rules
‘D@Vid#321Fbk’
The same goes for Instagram as ‘D@Vid#321Ins’
Use the 2-step verification login method for login
Every famous social media company is offering the 2-step verification process for login which should be used to get your account access. Enter your mobile number and E-mail address in the account security options. When you will enter your correct password then it will send you the Code on your mobile phone or Email then you have to enter that code in your account within the first 30 seconds because it gets expired after a specific time. You can use 2- step verification apps to get 2-step authentication codes to get access to your applications.
Save your password in Password Manager for free
These tools save your password in their database and you need only single login to remember to open their administration panel and you can manage your all accounts and passwords. Following are some of the famous Free and Premium tools which can be used for this purpose
Google Password Manager (Free)
Bitwarden (open-source)
Login Attempts Safety
Enable login attempts option where you get notifications of every login you made to access your social media account and this feature is available on Facebook where you also get the location of the IP address of the person who is trying to access your internet. Remember that this location is not the exact location of the person but their internet service provider. Gmail also saves the information of your login attempts.
Always clear your current sessions of the login if you find any unknown option in your account settings. It will help you protect from unknown people who somehow managed to access your social media account before taking these steps.
Use the trusted friends’ option for recovery
Facebook allows you to recover your account through your three trusted friends if you have no option left, they can get notification about your recovery and help you recognize and recover your account.
Change your all passwords Monthly
Changing your password every month help you protect your account from all types of unauthorized access and illegal access to your social media accounts. If someone has access to your account or monitoring your account without your knowledge then they will get access removed.
Remove access from 3rd party Applications
Go to your profile settings and check if you have given access to any 3rd party apps from your Facebook Account or any games/ puzzles about your profile information including Name, Picture, Date of Birth, Email and other information for using ads.
Tip: Keep the password with pre or post initials of every month
