The rate of social media theft this days is alarming. Hackers are internationally hacking and taking people's account in order to use and scam others. Some will do it in such a way that you can never regain access to your account again. This is why everyone should be intentional about protecting their social media account if and only if it's important to them.
There are different ways of protecting your account these days and we should all make good use of it, if not we stand a chance of loosing our account. The following ways can help ;
Use a strong and passwords and it must be very unique, you can even make it long passwords combine with uppercase, lowercase, letters, symbols nd numbers.
Do not make use of the same password across platforms. And ensure it's not your birthday or simple words combined with your name.
Two factor authentication adds an extra security layer and protection to your account
Even if someone gets your password, they still need a verification code from your phone or your email, which is why you should have an active email linked to your social media account. Your email controls password resets for most social media accounts. Because that's where they will contact your Incase of password reset. So if hackers access your email, they may access everything else. Therefore are you are trying to keep your account safe , ensure the email link to those account is also safe.
Do not click suspicious links to claim prizes. Anytime I remember how I lost about 59 pie, just because of clicking a link, my heart bleeds. All my pie was wiped out. We love free things and give away, so at times it is necessary to avoid free wifi. Some people fall for give away easily. And most of these people give links for one to follow, and that alone can expose your account to danger if it's not a legit link.
So protecting your social media account is very necessary and protecting your social media accounts requires careful online habits and proper security measures. Therefore, one must be very careful and watchful while doing social media.
