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4 Easy Way To Secure Your Facebook Account From Hackers by syniper(m): 3:37pm On Nov 18, 2012
Many millions of people worldwide enjoy connecting with friends and family via Facebook. And till date more people visit Facebook than any other social networking site,and this have made it very necessary that you have to secure your Facebook account From Hackers,it have been confirmed that almost everyday many Facebook accounts are being compromised. And to be on the safe side, the social networking giant urged its users to change their password and that have been done in many occasion,and yet many account have been taking away by hackers.
If you are among those whose users accounts may have been compromised, or yet to experience it. It is better to take this 4 step on securing your Facebook account From Hackers and be rest assured that you Facebook account is 99.9% secured from hackers. In fact, if you have a Facebook account, you should change your password, just to be on the safe side. Furthermore, if you use the same e-mail address and password combination elsewhere, you should change it there as well,as this is the first thing you should do before taking the next step to my 4 Easy Way to secure your Facebook account From Hackers. Below are the 4 step you should take and get your Facebook account secured.
Visit you Facebook account and click on your account setting located at the right side of your screen,i assume you are using a pc screenshot below


remember we are focused on securing our Facebook account,once you have click on account setting a new page will be display and their view the left side of the new page and click on security settings after general.


What is Secure Browsing (https)? What are the benefits?

From here you stand the chance to secure your account.The first thing we are going to do is turning on secure browsing and what does this secure browsing (https) means, with short explanation Secure Browsing (https) is an opt-in security feature. When you turn this feature on, your traffic (ex: all of your activity) on Facebook becomes encrypted, making it harder for anyone else to access your Facebook information without your permission.



What are Login Notifications?

Login Notifications are an opt-in security feature where alerts are sent to you each time your account is accessed from a new device. furthermore this security medium will help you to be alert once there is any suspicious login to your account. After you turn on Login Notifications,Facebook We’ll ask you to name your computer or mobile phone next time you log in. You can also save this device to your list of Recognized Devices. This way, you won’t have to keep naming the computer or mobile phone you usually use to log in to Facebook.

What are login approvals?

Facebook have it that Login approvals are an extra security feature similar to login notifications, but with an extra security step. If you turn on login approvals, you’ll be asked to enter a special login code each time you try to access your Facebook account from a new computer or mobile phone. After you log in, you’ll have the option to give that device a name and save it to your account. You won’t have to enter a code when you log into any of these recognized devices.
What is a recognized device?

Recognized devices are the computers and mobile phones you’ve named and saved to your account during the login process. You can view and edit the list of devices linked to your Facebook account from the Recognized Devices section of your Security Settings page.i will strictly advise you to check this section regularly ,when doing that if you ever come across any device you are not familiar with quickly change your password.
With the above step you have reached 99.9% off to your account security and in conclusion always use uppercase,lowercase together with symbols when creating your Facebook password this will help you and also protect you from beginner hackers who uses
1.Social Engineering
2.Keylogging
3.Reverting Password / Password Recovery Through Primary Email
4.Facebook Phishing Page/ Softwares
5.Stealers/RATS/Trojans, in hacking thanks for your patience you have why readings and don’t forget to share with your Facebook friend it might also help them a lot
credits goes to http://www.webstarlodge.com/2012/11/4-easy-way-to-secure-your-facebook-account-from-hackers/

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