Everyone of us creates their accounts on social media, but most of you do not take security into account and leave the account as it is. They do not secure their accounts, due to which most of the users' social media accounts get hacked. This is because they just create their accounts and do not set up any other settings for their accounts, due to which it becomes easy for hackers to hack their accounts and they easily hack the accounts, due to which their family pictures, videos and personal data get leaked. Just look at WhatsApp. If your friend's account gets hacked, all your private chats, photos or videos can be leaked.
If any of your social media accounts get hacked, you may face a lot of problems. Hackers can blackmail you. There are often cases in which people's private accounts are hacked and later they are also blackmailed. To avoid all these problems, you have to keep your social media accounts secure. In today's article, we will talk about how you can keep your social media accounts secure and protect them from being hacked.
In this article, we will not discuss any one app like how to secure WhatsApp account, but we will talk about settings that you will find in almost all social media and you have to enable them and discuss which right steps you have to follow and which settings you have to enable so that your social media accounts remain safe. We keep providing information on how to secure almost all social media accounts on our website. Below you will find articles in which we have provided guidance on securing TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram and Instagram accounts. You can read all these articles, but the topic of our article today is those settings that you will find in almost all accounts. We will discuss them and by following them, you can keep your social media accounts secure.
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1. Choose a strong password
The first step in hacking any social media account is the password. Most people easily select a password, including their date of birth or a mobile number or common passwords that are used by millions of people, which leads to their account being hacked. The first scheme that a hacker uses is that he tries such common passwords one by one and if any password matches your account, he succeeds in hacking your account.
So you have to make a very difficult and strong password which is difficult for anyone to guess. If he cannot figure out the password of your account, then it will be very difficult for him to hack your account. And do not use a strong password for just one social media account, you have to choose a strong password for all your social media accounts. If you are facing difficulty in choosing a strong password, then you can use our password generator tool. You can generate a strong password with a single click. The link is given below. You can visit the tool and generate a password for yourself.
2. Two setup verification
The most recommended method to keep any social media account secure is to enable two-step verification. You get the option to enable two-step verification in almost all social media accounts. Some social media like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter have more options through which you can enable two-step verification for your social media accounts and there are some social media in which you get basic features to enable two-step verification and get a few specific options but still you can enable two-step verification.
In two-step verification, even if someone knows the password of one of your social media accounts, they will still be unable to hack your account. To bypass two-step verification, they will have to enter a separate password that only you will receive. If you have given a mobile number for two-step verification, an OTP will be sent to it, which you will have to enter. Or if you have installed and set up an authentication app, then you will have to enter the code from it, then your account will be able to log in. This method makes it impossible to hack almost all of your social media accounts.
There are some social media accounts in which you do not get the feature to set up text verification or authentication app, but you can still enable verification for these apps by giving a strong password, such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Imo accounts, which do not yet have the option to enable authentication apps.
3. Monitor Logged-In Devices
To keep your social media account secure, it is also very important to check which devices you are logged into for any account. You get the option to check the devices in all social media. All devices show you which devices your account is logged into and where it is being used. You can log out of these unknown devices or any device that you do not recognize immediately. This will secure your account. If someone else is logged into your account, even if you have set up verification, it will still not be of any use to you.
4. Secure Email & Mobile number
To keep your social media accounts safe, it is as important to secure the mobile number and email linked to them as the social media itself because if your email is hacked, the user can click on Forgot Password to retrieve your password. There are some social media accounts in which two-step verification is enabled on the email, as was the case with TikTok earlier. They can completely hack your account through email. In addition, if your SIM number is linked to your social media account and there is two-step verification on it, if it is lost, then either remove the recovery option immediately or get that SIM replaced because this can also lead to your social media accounts being hacked. Email and mobile numbers also act as recovery options for your account, so always keep them updated so that if you forget your account password or encounter any problems, you can recover your account.
5. Stay Alert of Pushing Scams
In some cases, attempts are made to hack your account by giving you a chance. For example, you are lured with free followers for some social media accounts such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. and personal details are taken from you, which is used to hack your account. Often you are tempted to give away free accounts for Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, from which they extract your personal details and try to trick you. You can control who can contact you on social media and who cannot. There are many social media platforms that allow you to select who can contact you and who cannot.