How to Protect Your Facebook Account from Hackers

How to Protect Your Facebook Account from Hackers

For many people, Facebook is part of their everyday life. It’s where they interact with friends and colleagues, and is seen by many as an extension of themselves. Having your Facebook account hacked can be more than just humiliating, depending on what the hackers do, it can damage your reputation or even cost you money. If you suspect that your Facebook account has been hacked, the first thing to do is change your password. This article contains other tips and tricks for boosting the security of your Facebook account

Protecting Your Password

1

Create a strong password. Avoid including your name, birthdate, pets, or common words in your password: make it difficult to guess.^[1]

• A strong password will be at least 10 characters in length, but the more the better. The longer (more characters) your password is, the more time it will take the hacker to crack it.
• A strong password should contain at least one of each of the following characters: lower-case letters, upper-case letters, numbers, and special characters.

2

Do not use your Facebook password anywhere else. Ensure that you create a different password for every web service/website you use.^[2]

• It’s not enough to do the same password with different numbers (e.g., password1, password2 …).
• If you’re feeling uncreative and have difficulty thinking up new passwords, use an online password generator — just make sure it’s from a trustworthy source.

3

Use a password manager. As you create more strong and unique passwords, it will likely be difficult to remember them all. There are many good password managers available that will encrypt and safely store your passwords.

• You might even have a password manager built into your operating system — for example, Mac users have the keychain password manager available to them for free.
• If you don’t want to use a password manager, use a passphrase, for example: “I like big butts and I cannot lie!” might become iLbBaIcL!

4

Change your password once every six months. This goes for all of your passwords — not just your Facebook one. If you find it difficult to remember to do this, set a reminder on your calendar.

5

Do not share your Facebook password with anyone. In fact, don’t share any of your passwords with anyone!

6

Avoid using the “remember password” feature on computers other than your own. When the “remember password” prompt comes up and you are not at your own computer, click on the “not now” button.

• On your computer, it is recommended that you set a master password for your browser, as having a master password will prompt anyone trying to see your passwords to enter another password (one created by you) just to show the passwords. Make sure that your master password is different from your other passwords and that it is a strong password.
• Whether your browser automatically saves your passwords in a master password-protected file will depend on your operating system and your browser. You can ensure that a master password is in effect by checking your browser preferences.

7

Only log in on trusted computers. If you are using a computer that you don’t know or trust, avoid doing anything that requires you to enter your password. Hackers commonly use key loggers on computer systems that record everything you type, including passwords.

• If it’s not possible for you to avoid typing a password into a computer you don’t trust, then change your password as soon as you can once you’re back at your own computer.

Part 2 # Accessing Your Facebook Security Settings

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Log into your Facebook account. On the Facebook home page, enter your email address and password to log into your Facebook account. Ensure that you log into Facebook (and other sites) at the correct address: www.facebook.com.

• It’s important to make sure that your address bar actually says www.facebook.com and not something like facebook.co, face.com, or facebook1.com etc. Phishers often choose sites that you may accidentally type into your address bar when in a hurry.

2

Open your Facebook settings. Once you’re logged into your Facebook account, click on the downward-pointing triangle in the top right corner of your page (along the blue bar). This will open a drop-down menu. Just above “Log out” you’ll see “Settings.” Click on “Settings” to open your Settings menu.

• If you need to change your password, click on the “General” tab in “Settings,” then click on “Edit” to the right of “Password.” You’ll need to enter your current password before entering in your new one, then click on “Save Changes.”

3

Open your security settings. Once you have the Settings window open, you’ll see a number of tabs on the left side of the Settings window. “Security” should be the second tab down, just under “General.” Click on “Security” to open your security settings.

• In your Security Settings window, you’ll see a list of settings that you can adjust. To adjust these settings, you’ll click on “Edit,” which appears (in blue) to the right of of the specific settings.

Part 3# Making Use of Facebook’s Security Settings

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Set up Login Alerts. Login Alerts send you an alert when someone logs into your account from a new device or browser. You can choose to get login alerts via Facebook notifications, email, or text messages. To activate these alerts, click on “Edit” to the right of “Login Alerts,” choose where you want the alerts sent (you’ll need your mobile phone number for text alerts), and click on “Save Changes.”

• It's a good idea to get alerts through every method that you can.
• If you get a login alert, and you weren't the one that logged in, then that means that your account was hacked. You should immediately log into your account and change your password to stop the hacker from doing any damage.

2

Activate Two-Factor Authentication. Two-factor authentication gives your account an extra level of security by requesting a security code when you log in from an unknown browser. To set up two-factor authentication, click on the word “Edit” to the right of “two-factor authentication,” then click on “Get Started” to begin the setup wizard.

• The most common way to access login codes is through your phone — either by text message or the Facebook app.
• If you anticipate that you might need login codes when you do not have your phone nearby, you can get 10 codes ahead of time (which you can print or write down) from Facebook. To do this, open the “two-factor authentication” section, click on “Get codes,” enter your Facebook password, and click “Submit.

3

Choose Trusted Contacts. Your “Trusted Contacts” are friends that Facebook enables to securely help you if you ever have trouble accessing your account. To add Trusted Contacts, click on “Edit” to the right of “Trusted Contacts,” then click on the words “Choose trusted contacts” (in blue). This will open a new window. Click on the “Choose Trusted Contacts” button to continue, enter your Facebook friends’ names into the text box, and hit “Confirm.”

• Make sure that you only chose people that you trust as trusted contacts.
• If you have a falling out with one of your trusted contacts, then make sure to remove them as soon as possible, since they might try to hack your acount

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