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10 tips and tricks for increasing your Facebook security
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10 tips and tricks for increasing your Facebook security
 
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1. Don’t accept friend requests from unknown people. One of the favorite methods used by online scammers to collect private data and sensitive information from users is by creating fake Facebook profiles. Make sure you and your children pay attention to this possible privacy threat.
 
2. Do not disclose your personal details and your Facebook credentials (e-mail address, phone number and password) to other users. This information can be used by cyber-criminals to access your personal data.
 
3. Keep your browser up-to-date with the latest available patches. Your browser and other software on your system, not to forget the operating system, should have the latest patches installed. Stay safe and don’t expose your system to cyber-criminal attacks.
 
4. Use a good security program. You need to rely on a good security software, which includes a real-time scanning engine. This means that files you download from online locations are analyzed in a very short period of time.
 
5. Stay safe from phishing attacks. Pay attention to the various messages you receive from unknown users, which ask for your personal data.
 
6. Don’t use the same password from your Facebook account to other online accounts. If you use the same password in other locations as well, you are vulnerable to a potential hacker attempt that tries to get access to all your accounts.
 
7. Activate Login Approvals. Though I have already mentioned this step before, I need to emphasize again its importance.
 
8. Be careful when connecting to free wireless networks from public spaces. Online criminals use these types of unprotected networks to access users’ credentials and steal sensitive data. To limit your exposure, you can use a private browsing session.
 
9. Don’t click that link! Since social media and in this case, our Facebook profile, is used for spreading and sharing various content, it is also one of the favorite means of carrying malicious links across the Internet.
 
10. Log out of your Facebook account. This piece of advice is useful when using a public or work computer, which is used by multiple individuals.


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