BY:~PureHeart
1) – Enable HTTPS ?
When you bookmark the URL for Facebook or any of your other social networks, be sure to use HTTPS
instead of HTTP. This encrypts your communications.
In fact, you will have to temporarily disable this feature any time you give access to a new application.
That alone should give you confidence that you have achieved a greater level of protection.
2) – Disable Online Chat ?
All of us have witnessed Facebook scams, with the most common being the infamous chat message …
“I’m in the US and have been mugged – please send money so I can get back home.”
While I have no technical basis for this, it stands to reason that the hackers get in through the chat
service. Every time I have noticed bogus comments allegedly made by me to my Facebook friends, it is
because I had previously used the online chat.
To disable chat just click on the little wheel in the right sidebar and take yourself offline. Then close the
window and make sure is registers as chat offline.
3) – Review Permissions Granted to Third Party Apps ?
When you grant access to Facebook apps, those permissions endure long after you stop using them. Go
to this link to review your Facebook app permissions – and disable any you are no longer using.
You will probably be surprised at the long list permissions your have previously granted!
4) – Activate Text Message Notifications ?
Facebook allows you to receive text notifications whenever your account is accessed from a device
other than your primary computer or mobile device.
You simply go to Account Settings and then to Security Settings to set-up the proper notifications to
your mobile device.
First go to login approvals – then login notifications.
You can only choose email or text notifications. By choosing text notifications you not only get an
immediate notice, but you also activate both your mobile device and your primary computer asapproved access points.
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