Facebook is becoming the essential part of our life and one should feel lonely without the use of Facebook in a day.
People are getting addicted towards the race of followers, likes on their photos and sharing status and places where they have been are becoming a trend of people. This trend is especially popular among teenagers to catch up their school friends.
The stats of Facebook show that more than 2 billion people are monthly active users. With the rising amount of users on the social platform, the case of security and hacking attempts are also getting popular and safeguarding your account is compulsory.
There are several things you can do to protect your Facebook account from hacking attempts:
Check where you’re logged in:
This is an important option provided by the social platform to protect your account, this will provide you information about the location and devices your id is logged in. You can get this option in settings:
Go to Settings > Security and Login > Where You’re Logged In
If you don’t recognize the location and devices in which your id is open, you just need to log out at once with the option ‘Log out all sessions’. If someone still signing then it will automatically log out.
Check for activities:
There are other options that will provide you access to learn whether your account is hacked or not.
- You should visit your Activity log and check for like, comment or share.
- You should check for password change, email or birthday etc.
- You should check sign in a panel to learn any notification towards signing in.
What should you do if an account is hacked?
If you learn suspicious activity from your account, you need to log out your account from all devices and change the password. You can also get assistance from Facebook ‘Help’ and they will ask questions and tell options to protect your Facebook account.
What should I do to secure my account?
Facebook has introduced multiple ways to secure your account with extra security features. You just need to enter in settings and scroll down to ‘Setting up extra Security’:
- You can get alerts about unrecognized login
- Add the option of two-step authentication
- Encrypted notification emails
These features will enhance the security of your Facebook account. These features will protect your Facebook account.
