3 Steps to Secure your Facebook Account from Cyber Threats

Because your security is important.

Facebook is by far the biggest social platform in the world. What set’s Facebook apart from others is that it has been able to woo Boomers just like the Millenials. Facebook has made it easy to get in touch with people you knew even before the inception of the internet.

But with it’s growing userbase, Facebook’s problems have grown too. In the last 2–3 years, Facebook has been the target of many scandals, data breaches and lawsuits.

If you enjoy Facebook, it’s not necessary to jump the ship yet. You can instead increase the security of your Facebook account to make yourself less vulnerable to data leaks, scandals and hackers.

Here are 3 ways which can vastly improve your Facebook account’s security:

This is the simplest and best way to protect your account. You should use a complex password made up of numbers, upper & lower case letters and special symbols.

Even if you use a strong and unique password, you are still vulnerable to hacks. Modern hackers are getting better and better at guessing or figuring out user passwords by unethical means. This is where 2-factor authentication comes in.

2-factor authentication (2FA) involves adding one more layer of security to your account other than the password. This usually requires entering a temporary 6-digit code along with your password. Since this code is time-bound, it is difficult for users to determine this by brute force attacks.

Login via Facebook is a popular way to login to various services and sites over the internet hassle-free. By selecting this option, you can usually skip the tedious process of entering your data manually and email verification. And who doesn’t love that?

But this comes at a cost. When you log into a service or app via your Facebook account, you give it permission to access your Facebook data. The data accessed may vary from service to service, and usually, a prompt is shown regarding which all permissions will be provided.

While Cambridge Analytica used this data to sway voters in the USA, this can also be calamitous at a personal level if someone gets access to your sensitive data or can impersonate you. Therefore it’s a better practice to restrict the services you log into via Facebook (or Google for that matter).

If you are used to logging via Facebook regularly, you can review and remove the access of services by going to Settings > Apps and services.

Better to be safe than sorry.

As modern hackers become more and more sophisticated, it’s important that we reflect and upgrade our security from time to time.

While these steps won’t make your Facebook data bullet-proof, they will make it secure against the majority of the hacks and leaks.

Stay secure.

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