Now a days Facebook turned into a fever worldwide where every day the number of users rapidly grows. Not everything is wonderful and also the number of users who complain about the privacy grows every day. However, these same users need to know a little about the available options in the settings of the social network to protect data and make a secure place.
We have address below seven security features belonging to Facebook, you need to know and use.
Social Endorsements
If you linked to Facebook and someone who is on the other side of the world tries to login with the same username and password, that person will be forced to look for a set of images and identify the names of people shown. Facebook is able to identify abnormal behavior in your account, and use their social endorsements to make sure that your account will not be invaded, even if someone gets your username and password of the service.
Full-Time HTTPS
If you have already purchased a product or service online, you may have noticed that the beginning of the URL of the page is composed of “https://“, Right? That “s” means that the computer is communicating with the site code or through a secure connection, which means that nobody can steal your confidential information during the completion of purchase. The Facebook allows you to browse in HTTPS mode all the time. Simply go to security settings and select the corresponding option for navigation by Facebook over a secure connection (HTTPS) when possible. It is recommended that you use this option to use Facebook in a public network WiFi.
Protection against Malicious Software
If your account has been a victim of malware, Facebook will block your account temporarily and perform a scan on your data, eliminating possible threats.
Guardian Angel
Facebook lets you select up to five friends so they can help you regain control of your account in critical cases, such as loss of password and no access to e-mail. In these situations, you can contact one of your “friends ” And they’ll tell you what is necessary so that you can connect to your account again.
Remote Logout
Have you used Facebook on a public computers and are not sure whether you were disconnected from Facebook? Just go to the Security page in your account settings. There you can see a list of “active sections,” and may terminate each according to your need.
Temporary Section
If you are using a public computer and want to make sure that this computer will not store your login information and password, Facebook can send you a temporary password that is valid for 20 minutes. Simply send a text message from your mobile to the number 32665 with the message “otp”.
Clickjacking Scanner
According to Facebook “We see more hits such as clickjacking” on the network. A clickjacking is when a malicious link that disguises itself as a reliable link, leading you into error, and exposing it to malware. More than 230 million people shares malicious a day on Facebook, and some of the instructions above, although rudimentary, can help you protect against these threats.
The list of Facebook security features is extensive, going far beyond just seven resources, which shows that Facebook at least strives to present a concern for their users, despite many complaints by users of Facebook.
This is solid advice for anyone looking for basic advice about Facebook for beginning bloggers. It covers all the basics without getting too in-depth about any one thing.
Facebook users should know about these basic security tips to protect or deal with any unauthorized attempts.
Wow, had no clue there where so many points here to this. I’ll definitely look into a few of these a little deeper. Facebooks problem from the get go was privacy issues and I don’t think they’ll ever fully figure out how to make its users and protection agencies happy at the same time.
I’m still worrisome about all this, but I’ll get sleep tonight knowing I have this post to fall back on in the future.
Much appreciated,
thanks
It not easy for facebook to deal with their security issues. but still they are doing good.
I’ve been using Facebook for some time now and never bothered about these security measures you mentioned. Well, I just heard about the Guardian Angel, Remote Logout, and Temporary Section. Will definitely check those three out later.
Great, you should look after all the security tips to be secure in Facebook.
Certainly very good advices. Every users should consider full-time HTTPS, remote logout, temporary section, etc while using Facebook. However, if the author could include how to use all these in this article it would be more useful.
Sure, i will come up with a series of article to cover all the details to use those functions.
Few of my friends get their Facebook accounts hacked. This tips are excelent! But everyday we get more and more tactics how to hack somone account but with that we get more and more softwares how to prevent that.
Thank you for tips.
Mike
There are security feature from Facebook but quite few people know about all the functions.
Helpful post.
Sometime i see many bad post/ststus comes in facebook account without users acknowledgement. There are several issue involved.
May be somebody stolen your login data or something else. Few weeks ago i heard login data hacking through video i mean when they play video.
Video may be a trap. So careful
Yes, there are many tricks used to hack Facebook accounts but tips above can help you to secure or get your hacked Facebook account back.
Every day come new threat to our Facebook accounts. Many of the applications on Facebook is malicious. Thank you for this tips and steps how to secure our Facebook account.
Yes, it’s quite tough to fight against all malicious applications. Facebook users should be careful before using applications.