HOW TO KEEP YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT SAFE AND SECURE

Facebook recently announced that they're adding full HTTPS support for the site, to keep you protected from attacks like Firesheep. The feature's finally rolling out, and here's how you can turn it on.

HTTPS is going to keep you a lot safer on the net, and after lots of waiting, Facebook finally announced support for HTTPS all over the site. It wasn't available at the time of the announcement, but we've seen it pop up in our settings menus this week, so it might be time to take another look at yours. To enable it, just hit "Account" in the upper-right hand corner of any Facebook window and go to "Account Settings".

Under "Account Security", hit the change button and check the box that says "Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever possible". Hit save and exit that window. From now on, whenever you connect to Facebook, it will default to an SSL-encrypted connection, keeping you safe on open Wi-Fi networks from Firesheep-like attacks. Check out the video below for a quick demo. If you don't have it yet, you should have it pretty soon—so check back frequently to see if it pops up.

Facebook comes with some cool security features that let you prevent any phishing attacks to your profile. You can set your account to ask for computer name every time you login from other device. Also you can remotely remove any associated device to your account.

This feature is beneficial in case if any hacker successfully cracks your Facebook account. You’ll immediately came to know about it and takes proper action (changing your password). Here’s how you can do that:

How to set Facebook to send you email and SMS in case other user login into your account

1. Go to your Facebook account.

2. On the top right go to Account –> Account settings

 

3. Click on the change link next to Account Security.

 

You’ll see Login notifications is set to “off”. Click on the circle next to “On” option.

 

Now your Login notification is “ON”. It means you will be prompted to name your device during your next login.

Note: If you are using public computer don’t check the box next to “Don’t ask me again from this computer”.

It also means that if anyone finds your password and tries to login into your account from any device then he’ll get a “Name New Computer”. page. Without entering the Computer name he can’t get into your account.

 

As soon he enters the the name of his computer (any text), you’ll get a notification as email and SMS that a person login from his computer... If you Connect your moblie and email to FACEBOOK.

How to remotely remove devices associated to your Facebook account

Suppose by mistake you added any public computer as your trusted device. It means if any user using this device login to your account mistakenly then he won’t get the “Name new computer page” and also you won’t get the email and SMS notification after he logged in. Facebook keeps record of all the trusted devices and anytime you can remove those devices from your account. Here’s how you can do that:

1. Go to Facebook account.

2. Go to Account –> Account settings.

3. From the Account Settings page, select “Change” Account Security.

4. You’ll see all the computers and devices associated with your account. It means that these are those devices in which you check the box next to “Don’t ask me again from this computer” after filling your computer name in the box when “Name new computer” page appeared.

In the screenshot given below you can see that it shows time of registering the device. It also has “Remove” link next to it. Click on it to remove the devices associated with your account.

 

That’s all. After removing the account, user won’t be able to login into your account without getting the “Name new computer” page on the removed device.

KEEP SAFE ! ENJOY SOCIALLY !!