Secure Your Facebook Account

5 Simple Steps To Secure Your Facebook Account

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1. Use Secure Connection to Browse Facebook :

Facebook Introduces Encrypted Connections.
Have You Ever Noticed URL in Your Addressbar!!!
What Is It?
Is It http://
Then Your Account is Not Secure
Make It Secure https://

1. Click Account Settings > Account Security.

2. Click Security On Left Panel

3. Edit Your Setting Of Secure browsing

4. Tick ''Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible''.

5. Click Save.

2. Change Your Facebook Login Password :

Its the Basic Thing
Login to facebook with your old password.

1. Click Account > Account Settings

2. Click change besides Password (3rd line).

I Recommend That Your Password Should Contain Letters ,One Or More Digit, And Some Special Characters Like @, $, #, (, etc

Click Change Password and you have finished the Second step to protection.

Change Your Password Frequenly

3. Login Notifications for Unauthorized Logins :

This feature notifies the account owner when an unauthorized login is attempted and is successful.
There are two modes of notification, one is by Email and other is by Mobile SMS. I prefer to activate both since you would rarely check your email.

1. Click Account Settings > Account Security.

2. Under Login Notifications, Tick Send me an email and Send me a text message.

3. Click Save.

4. Login Approval for Each Facebook Login Attempt :

This is a new account security feature by facebook named Two Factor Authentication.
This is one of the best inventions that I can think of by facebook security team.
The feature works like this, You add your phone number to facebook and then every time you login to facebook using your password
The servers sends you a onetime verification code to your mobile as SMS,
This is a tedious task but it is a strong way to secure your account from invalid and unauthorized login attempts.

1. Click Account Settings > Account Security.

2. Under Login Approvals, Tick ''Require me to enter a security code sent to my phone''.

3. Click Save.

5. How to Detect Un-Authorized Logins to Your Account :

1. Click Account Settings > Account Security.

2. Check the ''Most Recent Activity and ''Your recognized devices:''

If you recognize any unrecognized activity click End and Change your password.

Sumit Shekhare