Social networking is so common these days, and with more Nigerian having an account with Facebook, it will definitely be a hot hunting ground for hackers and identity thieves. These types of individuals see this social site as a big area for doing dirty and unethical things. Mark zuckerberg had to council his vacation last year when there was huge criticism about the security of information you place on facebook. The wiki league guy I was reading last month made a statement that FIB is now using facebook data base for their security check. This of course was a topic of much debate. However, if there was truth in what he said, it means that even hackers are aware of these fact and can leverage on this.
And the sad thing is that most Nigerian folks are unaware that data on their profiles, with this social site, can be visible to these hackers and identity thieves. This sad situation can lead to accounts being hacked and data extracted by hackers.
You can protect yourself from hackers on Facebook and prevent your information from being taken without your approval. There are several ways to protect your Facebook page from hackers. here are some of the ways you can protect your information on Facebook.
Don't put your email address on your Facebook profile. Have more than one email address it's free either from google, yahoo or hotmail and if it is already necessary for you to indicate this, you will not be obligated to place everything in your page.
Have different passwords on Facebook and with your email. This will make it difficult for hackers to get access to your real email address.
Placing your date of birth on your Facebook page can put you at risk if ever hackers gain access into your page. Most people usually include their date of births in their passwords and these numbers can give ideas to hackers.
To moderate who can get access to personal data in your Facebook account, change the privacy settings to those people you only allow. With this change in privacy settings you can just decide the people who can see your email address, age, and other personalized data and selective information.
Each time you visit a café, make sure clear your browser by deleting the history. Also make sure you log out and not just leave your facebook page without logging out.
If people want to be your friend in Facebook, have a direct selection process and do not just accept anyone to "friend" you. Folks who have the same family name as you'll request you to be a "friend", but these people may not be a relation and you can't be sure enough of their real purpose.
Do not allow Facebook to use your profile information for ad purposes as this may put you at a great risk. You'll never be certain of what people's agenda and advertisers using these profile information may get you displeased especially if you see your pictures in their ads.
Implementing these techniques and other strategies can help you minimize your chance of being hacked or of hackers from gaining sensitive information about you.
But these are not guarantees that you will never become a victim of hackers.
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