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How To Protect Your Social Media Account From Hackers by qozyme24(m): 11:53pm On Jan 31, 2020
Social media has become a good part of our daily lives, either for personal use or business purpose.
But with the high rate increase in cyber-attack and security breach, you must protect your account from hackers.
The work a business has put into their social media accounts could be gone in an instant if their accounts get hacked, or even some personal information could get wiped out in a few seconds.
Below are tips everyone should adopt to prevent a cyber-attack.
HAVE A VERY STRONG PASSWORDS
With ALL of your social media accounts, make sure your passwords are secure. If your password is not safe, you are begging to get hacked. Your password should be 12 - 16 characters long Random combinations of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation. Don't use the same password twice for different social media accounts. Example of a Strong Password: Admire202@#*
FOLLOW VERIFIED AND LEGITIMATE PROFILES ONLY

When you are focusing on what people or businesses to follow/friend, make sure they are legitimate. Most social media channels have a way of showing you if an account is authentic and verified.
DON'T CLICK ON SUSPICIOUS LINKS
This tip is essential to follow! Before clicking on a social media or email link, could you take a second look at it? Not every link posted on social platforms is safe. Most to catch your eye, so you immediately click on it. Especially those links in a short format or don't look familiar.
CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD REGULARLY.
It is essential to change your password often, don't stick to the password for a long time so you can avoid being spam or easy prey. Also, don't use one password for all your social media account, you can have a different password but similar to each other.

The security of your social media account is also essential as your security, and I hope you find these useful.
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Re: How To Protect Your Social Media Account From Hackers by popsy2(m): 12:07am On Feb 01, 2020
Ok
Re: How To Protect Your Social Media Account From Hackers by Sanquine(m): 12:26am On Feb 01, 2020
How can I stop fb from disabling my acct? I don't have fb acct anymore!

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