Hackers have discovered a lot of illegal ways to hack someone’s confidential data including bank details, social media account details etc. But if you are clever enough you can beat these stalkers and make your online presence worry free. To do this, you should be aware of some modern technical things which we are explaining here. Just read and follow these tips, and we guarantee nobody can hack or spy your social media accounts. Your Facebook, Twitter and other social media will be fully secure and you can use them 24×7 without any problem.
How to Secure Facebook Account from Hackers
We are explaining some basic and some advanced security tips which one should know to surf internet securely. Let’s start from basic to advanced:
Choose Passwords Gently:
Sometimes we choose passwords for our social media account related to out city, country or name. These are easy to guess by anyone and that’s why weak in security. Your password must have a capital letter, a special symbol and minimum 8 characters in total. Don’t include your date of birth, PIN code, car number or house number in the password.
Open Emails, SMS, MMS Securely:
If you receive an email or SMS from unknown sender, please don’t click on any link, image or file within the email and SMS. These files or links may cause to download a harmful software in your smartphone. These software may be any virus, spyware or any other hacking software.
Be Careful While Using an Open WiFi Network:
Some people eagerly wait for a free WiFi network, and start downloading heavy files, updation of software or downloading movies using this. But these open WiFi networks are not safe for security purpose because while you are using that network, anyone can peep into your phone and can steal all of your confidential information. Providing a free WiFi is one of the ways used by hackers to steal data from individuals’ smartphone.
Are Security Apps Useful?
Absolutely yes. There are many free smartphone security apps which increase the security level. Recently some developers designed such apps which are aware of recent hacking and spying techniques, and can protect the your smartphone from intruders, hackers and other illegal uses. These apps are available for both Android and iOS, you can choose any app among them, all of these are free.
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Keep Noticing Behavior of Your Cell Phone:
One thing which you should keep in mind is that you should notice behavior of your smartphone everyday. Some of most common misbehavior of smartphone are given below:
- High data and battery consuming when not in use
- Hanging problem
- Heating up when not in use
- Weird text messages received from unknown numbers
- Strange app icons on home screen or in installed app list
- Beep sound when making or receiving a call
These are the some of common behaviors which a hacked phone shows. So you should be aware of such hacking signals from your phone.
What to Do in Doubt?
There are some immediate steps which you can take if your smartphone is hacked by someone os you are in doubt. First of all we will say you to format the phone if you can do this immediately. Copy and save your data from the phone, and then apply the Factory Reset command.
If you can’t format it immediately, just check its homescreen and delete any strange app if there is an icon of it. Also cross check the installed app list and delete any app which should not be there. Actually this is not a simple task to filter the apps, so if you can reset your phone, it will be better for you.
Why Social Media Security is Important?
Social media security is most important these days. Everyone is present on social media platform these days. Most of us do private and secret chats on these platforms. Suppose if someone read all of your chats, and take screenshots of it, he can blackmail yourself. So it may be dangerous for you, so it is very important for every social media surfer to make their account safe from hackers and intruders.
There are some free apps which provide intruder selfie feature, and secretly take selfie of intruder if someone tries to peep into your phone. You can apply this selfie feature to any folder, app or any other parts of your smartphone.
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