How to increase Facebook Account's Security

One recent study found that nearly 6 million Facebook accounts are being hacked in one day. The report says that 1 billion Facebook account are logged into facebook day by day and 0.06% are being hacked every 24 hours. Gmail, Yahoo and other e-mail services are also the victim of hacking. Today, we will discuss how we can strengthen our security of these accounts.

Secure Access

You must use connection to use facebook or other internet services. If you doesn't use this your HTTPS connection your id's security will come down to 0.5% only. Hide Contact Information Sure, you can protect your contact information from certain friends, but what about keeping third-parties away? It might be best to just remove all of your contact info, specifically your phone and address. 1.  Click on the Profile tab in the top right. 2.  Select Info underneath your profile picture. 3.  Click on Edit inside the Contact Information section. 4.  Make sure all of your Phone and Address information is blank and click the Save Changes. Manage Application Access If you have third-party apps connected to your Facebook (most of you will), it's time to get rid of the ones you're not using, or ones you deem mistrustful. 1.  Click on the Account tab. 2.  Choose Privacy Settings. 3.  Click on Edit your settings in the bottom left, under Apps and Websites. 4.  Find the Apps you use section.      A.  Turn of all platform apps will do just that. But who wants to get rid of all their apps?      B.  The other two choices are Remove unwanted or spammy apps and Edit Settings. Both           do the same thing. 5.  Click on Remove or Edit Settings and find the app you want to remove or edit. 6.  Click Edit Settings or just hit the X to remove the app altogether. NOTE: Most options are required by apps, but some you can remove, like posting to your wall. If you don't like what they have required access to, then simply hit Remove app. Below is an example of what one application has access to. Info Accessible in Apps Some friends may be using the same apps that you do, which means they can see more of you when they're using those apps. If you don't want to share a lot of information with your friends, then you can change some of the settings. 1.  Click on the Account tab. 2.  Choose Privacy Settings. 3.  Click on Edit your settings in the bottom left, under Apps and Websites. 4.  Click Edit Settings from the Info accessible through your friends section. 5.  Select what information you want available to applications, games and websites when your      friends use them. Hit Save Changes. When in Account Security, you can also change settings for Login Approvals to ensure the best security. See it here! :)