There seems to be a lot of Facebook account hacking recently. This can be extremely frustrating or even dangerous. The main reasons people hack accounts are for spamming something or just to abuse a individual. Here are some tips to prevent account hacking on Facebook. These are tips I’ve always followed and have never had any problems in my whole life.
1. Use a secret email address
Accounts are usually hacked by someone attacking a email address used for a Facebook account and sending Facebook password recovery emails to the hacked email then they have access to your Facebook without you having access to use your Facebook or Email. Use a email address no one knows about that you will never use such as for me (Rhys Towey): rhystowey.facebook395@hotmail.com or if your a bit more technical like me: fb392821@alpine.rhystowey.com. Please don’t waste your time trying to hack my Facebook as those emails are fake and used for example purposes only. Make sure you set privacy settings for “show email address” as “Only Me” so only you can see it. Privacy settings can be found at Account (top right corner) > Privacy Settings.
2. Use a strong password
People can sometimes guess your password depending how much you say things similar to it or if you accidentally mistype it somewhere insecure (other than facebook.com). You should use a password that you will NEVER mention related things to it such as a football player for a football team. That is a example of what NOT to set a password to. Choose something very personal and hard to remember for others to memorise. If you have any suspicion that someone knows your password, CHANGE IT!
3. Trust no one but yourself
Yes this may seem a little harsh but telling anyone your account information can lead to account information being spread in a way that they make a mistake of mistyping it somewhere other than facebook.com. Its best to avoid telling anyone your account information if you can help it.
4. Know your friends
Don’t go accepting any random people you’ve never spoken to before. You never know who you could be adding. Hackers usually add their ‘victims’ on a fake account to gain any useful information before hacking you.
5. Be careful where you log on
Hackers may try to trick the vulnerable people by creating a clone of the Facebook login page that sends the hacker your account information once you press “login”. Always make sure your connected to www.facebook.com when typing in this information. If you discover a cloned Facebook site, do the people of the Internet a favour and report it so others don’t get caught up in this.
